Safeguarding – Carmel College

Designated Safeguarding Lead - Mrs S Thorton
Deputy - Mr K McCann

There is a lot of support available to keep your child safe online. Below are some useful links to help parents and carers:

Thinkyouknow (provides advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
Internet matters (provides age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world)
Parent info (is a collaboration between Parentzone and the NCA providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations)
Childnet (offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support)
LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
Net-aware (has support for parents and carers from the NSPCC and O2, including a guide to social networks, apps and games)
London Grid for Learning (has support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online)
Let's Talk About It (has advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation)
UK Safer Internet Centre (has tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on social networks and other online services)

The Government has also provided:

Support for parents and carers to keep children safe from online harms (includes advice about specific harms such as online child sexual abuse, sexting, and cyberbullying)
Support to stay safe online (includes security and privacy settings, blocking unsuitable content, and parental controls)

• thinkuknow Primary Parents Helpsheet

• thinkuknow Secondary Parents Helpsheet

• National Online Safety Leaflets

• There have been reports of an anonymous messaging app "Tellonym" which is available free on both the App Store and the Google Play Store, Durham Constabulary have produced a message about this which can be accessed by clicking here.