SAFEGUARDING OUR CHILDREN IN A DIGITAL WORLD
As part of our responsibility to the school community of children, parents, grandparents and carers whilst your children are in our daily care and as part of our philosophy of safeguarding and child safety, we aim to nurture our children to respect and understand the need and appreciate the importance of remaining safe online when using the variety of electronic and internet-based forms of communication available in today, such as the internet, Xbox-gaming, Snapchat and other popular social media networks.
Alongside the work that we do in school to ensure that children remain safe whilst gaining the maximum learning from digital platforms, we strongly recommend that parents and carers spend a little time familiarising themselves with some excellent advise about online safety from This website provides advice and activities for parents/carers and children to work together. In addition, we recommend you also look at further information.
TheChild Exploitation and Online Protection team (CEOP)is an ever increasingly important part of this work. In assemblies we highlight CEOP. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre is the organisation to report any suspected online criminal behaviour in order to safeguard children and families. Use this link to visit the page or report abuse
Below are a series of hyper-links to a number of websites which provide information, advice and guidance for parents and carers about staying safe online in our every changing digital world. For popular sites such as Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube go to Please also take a look at for more information.
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
To support children’s understandingon howhelp keep themselves safe in this difficult area of learning , in a variety of contexts, we use a range of special resources developed for year 5 and 6 children for example through the work of the charity Barnardos.
The charity has worked alongside the police and victims of child sexual exploitation to develop appropriate resources for children of primary age for the following areas.
- Developing healthy relationships
- Grooming
- Keeping safe
- Being online
We recommend that parents look at the videos and resourcesat the following website.
Safeguarding sites for children
The following websites are helpful for parents to share with children in order to understand how to keep safe in a range of contexts.
Kidsmartis an award winning practical internet safety programme website for schools, young people, parents, and agencies, produced by the children’s internet charity Childnet International.
CBBC
The BBC have set up this great site to help you to stay safe online. There are videos, games and interactive activities to try!
What to do if you have any concerns:
Should you have any concerns aboutthe wellbeing of children or any matter regarding safeguarding you can contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).
Mr C Bagnall is our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Child Protection Officer (CPO), he can be contactedvia email: or the school telephone number (0161 282 7858).
In addition both Mrs L McGlone - and Mr R Gleaves - are also trained DSL’s and can be contacted via email or the above telephone number.
In addition should any parent wish to make a referral or seek advice fromsocial services, please contact one of the following numbers:
Social Care
Social Care (217 6028) – you may need to speak to the SeniorPractitioner/Duty Social Worker
The Senior Advisor for Safeguarding in Education (474 5657)
The Safeguarding Unit (474 5657).
Resources
Parenting Online
A Guide to Video Games, Parental Controls and Online Safety
Safer Gaming, 10 Step Guide for Parents