There are thousands of e-safety and online safety resources on the internet ranging from one extreme to the other. Some are fantastic, some are questionable. I am continually asked for the best resource for this or that, and my work across the whole public sector allows me a good perspective of some of these resources.
Here is a list of my top ten resources for schools. They aren’t my only favourites, but anything above 10 makes the list too long.
I have tried to cover the whole spectrum of e-safety from teaching the children to school governance and from primary to SEN to secondary (including academy). Feel free to comment and add your own favourites.
Please note these ten are in no particular, I’m not endorsing one over the other.
Know-It-All for Teachers – Childnet’s Know IT All for Primary Schools has been especially designed for primary school staff to help them understand important E-safety issues and how to help young pupils get the most out of the internet. Also includes content for SEN.
Know-It-All again, but this time for Special Education Needs – Some groups of children are potentially more vulnerable and more at risk than others when using ICT. These can include children with emotional or behavioural difficulties, learning difficulties, and other complex needs, as well as those whose English is an additional language, and looked after children.
Beatbullying and the fantastic Cyber Mentors – Beatbullying works with children and young people across the UK to stop bullying. We empower young people so deeply affected by bullying that they can barely face going to school every day. We help young people to support each other. We help young people that bully to change their attitudes and behaviour. We shape attitudes, and change behaviours.
Digizen – lots of great resources for cyberbullying, becoming great digital citizens and teacher advice – The Digizen website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS.
No e-Safety list would be complete without the CEOP education arm, Think U Know, who have some of the best resources available. You have to register but
it is well worth the small amount of time it takes. Do you want films, games and activities to help educate them about using technology safely? This site is designed for you. Here you’ll find films, presentations, games, lesson plans and posters that you can use with young people to cover a wide range of issues.
The UK Safer Internet Centre Helpline – We provide support with all aspects of digital and online issues such as social networking sites, cyber-bullying, sexting, online gaming and child protection online. The Helpline aims to resolve issues professionals face about themselves, such as protecting professional identity and reputation, as well as young people in relation to online safety.
Kidsmart – lots of resources on lots of e-Safety topics here for the younger child. 
Kent Trust – Kent County Council and specifically Rebecca Avery has been pro-active in the area of e-safety for a number of years and has produced some great resources for schools.
Vodafone – a PDF for parents which you can link to from your school website. This is a great magazine produced by Vodafone to make parents aware of e-safety issues.
…and finally, there’s e-Safety Advisor. Well, you can’t blame me for a bit of self promotion can you? You see, my services are a little different. The resources above are mostly teaching resources; a very important part of what I call the e-Safety Toolkit. There are four fundamentals to e-safety in schools: policy, liability, technology and education. My services address the former three; in other words the governance of e-safety in schools. Some resources are free, others come at a small price.