Online Safety

Updated 24th August 2012 As of this new curriculum year Ofsted have put a much greater emphasis on e-safety which puts greater pressure on schools (as if you needed more pressure!).  You can find their full list of new inspections HERE which includes e-safety. Generally speaking, it is “the school’s ability to protect and educate […]

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With the fantastic Safer Internet Day 2012 over once again there is now another 12 months in which to prepare for the next time.  But  I think a little time should be devoted to some reflection on the buildup to the day and the day itself. Around the world in over 70 countries schools, agencies

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This post was originally published in January 2012. Last week (mid Jan 2012) saw the end of a serious case review of child sexual abuse in a school of the most diabolical of circumstances.  Described by a judge as a “paedophile of the most sickening order” he was jailed indefinitely last year after abusing five girls

e-Safety – It won’t happen in my school! Read More »

This post is in response to Tom Barrett’s blog here A very well written piece about filtering, and personally I don’t think it is an issue that will ever settle down due to the wide ranging views. Personally I could not ever agree with an unfiltered school connection, not because I don’t want to, but

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