This page contains links and resources to support you, as parents, in keeping your child safe online.

Some of the resources may be more appropriate for older children, but we have included them for families with older children and so that you feel well informed when your children ask questions.

We welcome your feedback on the information included and if you feel there are other areas you would like us to include on this page.

More and more parents are becoming aware of the issues surrounding e-safety and ask for our advice or to be pointed in the right direction to find more information.

'Do not give any personal information away, including photographs and names,' shared one child. 

How can parents increase children's safety on the Internet?

There are actions parents can take on their home computer to restrict what children do.

1. Make sure that children do not have administrative access on the computer. It is very easy to set up separate user accounts for everyone who uses the computer Once that is done the following become possible
2. Activate Parental controls in the web browser. In Internet Explorer go to tools>Internet Options>Content>Parental Controls and also to Content Advisor. Other browsers such as Firefox have their own features
3. Install web filtering/blocking software such as Cyber Patrol or Web Nanny
4. Use child-friendly Search Engines.
5. Find out as much as you can by accessing the National Online Safety Guides below and visiting the suggested websites.

• National Online Safety

Always be careful when you are using the internet. It can help you to keep in touch with your friends and help your education – but it can also cause harm – to you and to others.

Remember help is always available at school if you are having any problems online.

Don’t be afraid to talk to your teacher or another adult at school.

If you or anyone you know is worried about Child Exploitation, Online Protection or anything related to Internet safety please click the link below which will take you to the CEOP reporting website:

• CEOP Helpful links to look at with your family.

Inappropriate Content Online Advice for Parents

• inappropriate-content-online-advice-for-parents.docx

• Digital safety and wellbeing kit The Children's Commissioner has produced a digital safety and wellbeing kit for parents and a safety guide for children.

Tips for staying safe online:

• Make sure you keep new online friends strictly online. If someone you don't know asks to be your online friend you must ensure an adult knows about it.

• Know how to use the CEOP Button and how to report it to the CEOP Centre if you are concerned about someone’s online behaviour towards you.

Delivering Online Safety from home? Below is a link to some videos produced by Thinkuknow to support the teaching of Online Safety.

• Short videos for parents and carers: delivering online safety at home

Below you will find many websites to support parents, teachers and children with internet safety.

• Thinkuknow

• Child Internet Safety

• Chlidnet

• CBBC

• Phone-paid service authority UK regulator for content, goods and services charged to a phone bill.

• ThinkUKnow How to your child safe online

• Parent Info Help and advice for families in a digital world

• Digizen

• Google Safety helping you manage what’s right for your family online.

• Internet Watch Foundation Report Criminal Content

Take a look at these lessons below to support your child with Internet Safety 

• Think You Know Age 5 - 7

• Think You Know Age 8 - 10

• Think You Know Age 11 - 13

• Hectors World As a parent, you might want to look at the Hector Protector site in New Zealand, sponsored by a charity called Netsafe.

Video Games to keep your child active!

• ParentINFO Video games to help your child stay active