E safety

It is very important that we all work together to help keep children safe online. If anyone has acted inappropriately online, for example something that makes you feel uncomfortable or someone insisting you meet up, you can report it to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP); click here for further details on how to raise a report.

Monitoring and filtering at RLT schools

Our school monitors the use of school IT systems whether they are used in school or at home. Alerts of inappropriate searches or online activity will be identified by our monitoring tool, Securly, and the DSL will be notified; they will then decide on an appropriate course of action. In addition the DSL can login to Securly and view historical online activity.

Inappropriate or harmful online behaviour includes reference to weapons, sexualised language, extremism and self harm. Monitoring also extends to student emails and documents which can be viewed in the “Aware” sections of Securly.

If any inappropriate harmful behaviour is identified out of school hours whilst children are using school devices under the supervision of their parents and carers, the DSL will respond to any concerns on the next school day.

There is no filtering or monitoring available for students accessing the internet via their 4G or gaming devices and parents and carers are given advice on how to set up parental controls to keep their children safe. Please also refer to our mobile phone policy.

Student / parent agreement for the acceptable use of ICT

The framework that helps us to ensure we use ICT safely in school is linked below.

E-Safety curriculum

The Internet has become an integral part of modern life. Children start using computers from a very early age and are increasingly using the Internet more whether it is at home, in school, on their mobile phones or on a games console. It is therefore essential for young people to have a good understanding of E-Safety, in order to stay safe online.

Students at Gillotts will be following an E-Safety curriculum. The curriculum is delivered once a term in horizontal tutor sessions and focuses on the following aspects of E-Safety:

Creative credit and Copyright
Cyberbullying
Digital footprint and reputation
Information literacy
Internet safety
Privacy and security
Relationships and communication
Self-image and identity

Please see the document linked at the bottom of this page for more information on our comprehensive E-Safety curriculum, so you can support what your son/daughter is learning about each term.

If you have any questions regarding our E-Safety curriculum, please contact Mrs Gemma Silk (Subject leader for Religious Studies and PSHE).

Reporting online images

Images or videos can be reported if they contain your image, they don’t have to break any terms of use due to being inappropriate. Parents can report images/videos of children under 13, while children over 13 need to report it themselves (unless the child is ‘mentally or physically unable to report this content on their own’). Adults can also use these tools to report photos/videos of themselves. The links below are to some of the more common sites images/videos appear:

Sources of further e-safety information

CEOP publish lots of useful information for children and their parents on the website www.thinkuknow.co.uk.

The DfE have created a website called Kids Online Safety to support families and encourage regular conversations about what they’re seeing online, asking simple questions, like “who shared this” and “why?”. Based on parents’ main concerns and needs, it provides:

tips for parents’ conversations with their children
actions to support each stage of their child’s life
parental controls information

DfE are also signposting to trusted resources from charities and third parties, where parents can access other forms of support (like speaking to an expert).

Childnet International is a registered UK charity that aims to make the internet a safe place for children and young people. Please click onto the links below to view both resource sheets and lots of useful hints and tips to help keep your child safe online.

http://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers
http://www.childnet.com/resources/parents-and-carers-resource-sheet
http://www.childnet.com/resources/family-agreement

Parent Info provide information and advice for parents via their website www.parentinfo.org .

Online safety policy Feb 24

Acceptable use agreement

E-Safety curriculum structure