Before you start work at a new school, whether as a placement while you train, or as your first school as a Newly Qualified Teacher, ensure you have the answers to these questions.

You may wish to note the answers here for reference. Your school mentor and (if you are in training) your ITT provider have a responsibility to cover this vital and fastmoving area of safeguarding (online safety = safeguarding) but it is in your interest to show an active interest and ask lots of questions.

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Looking for ways to weave in online safety messages across your school curriculum? 

To help you do this with online safety, Childnet has created a new resource. One side suggests practical things you can do across your whole school to put online safety firmly in the centre of school life. The other side of the poster suggests 25 creative ways to embed online safety messages across different subject areas

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Reports of online scares or challenges encouraging harmful or suicidal behaviours can be alarming and confusing. Here the CEOP Education team look at how you can speak to your child about scares and challenges, and how to respond if they have seen one.

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Questions for the governing body and trustees to ask school leaders, to help improve a school's understanding of its cyber security risks.

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A music video with subtitles and useful when discussing relationships, managing break ups and mental health.

This report draws from young people, some with vulnerabilities, in schools across the UKand their thoughts and experiences of sharing self-generated explicit images, videos or live streams, and also the risks associated with doing so.

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