27 March 2026
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Dear parents/carers,
With the Easter holiday upon us young people will potentially have more unsupervised time, a lot of which may be spent online. Whilst the internet is a great tool for a multitude of purposes, it can also pose significant risk to young people. We would like to remind you, once again, of the possible risks that this may pose.
You should particularly be aware of the risks presented in the following four categories, as outlined in Keeping Children safe in Education 2025:
Content: being exposed to illegal, inappropriate, or harmful content, for example: pornography, racism, misogyny, self-harm, suicide, antisemitism, radicalisation, extremism, misinformation, disinformation (including fake news) and conspiracy theories.
Contact: being subjected to harmful online interaction with other users; for example: peer to peer pressure, commercial advertising and adults posing as children or young adults with the intention to groom or exploit them for sexual, criminal, financial or other purposes.
Conduct: online behaviour that increases the likelihood of, or causes, harm; for example, making, sending and receiving explicit images (e.g. consensual and non-consensual sharing of nudes and semi-nudes and/or pornography, sharing other explicit images and online bullying.
Commerce: risks such as online gambling, inappropriate advertising, phishing and or financial scams.
You will know from our ICT policy (extract below) that the school uses a monitoring system that monitors the language used, the keywords searched and the sites that students access or attempt to access whilst using any school device, whether in school or at home.
ICT Acceptable Use: Student Policy 2
Students should be aware that the school uses a monitoring and filtering system.
Under normal circumstances this is only monitored by school staff during the school day.
We, therefore, would like to remind you of the responsibility that parents and carers have, and the crucial role they should play in discussions regarding internet safety and in monitoring their child’s online activity outside of school hours and throughout the holidays.
The link below will take you to some very practical advice from the NSPCC.
https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/safeguarding-child-protection/social-media-and-online-safety
Please also refer to the one-page guide “When Something Goes Wrong Online – A Simple Action Plan for Parents.”
If you are worried that your child may be at risk of significant harm or that a crime has been committed, you must contact the police immediately.
Kind regards
M.A. Nutt
Assistant Principal
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