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Simfin

online safety and digital citizenship specialist

Naace Impact Award Winner for Leadership

For his commitment to ensuring a safe and supportive learning environment for the education sector

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  • Thanks @simfin for an excellent and incredibly eye opening 'Safeguarding in the Digital Age' training session.

    lscb Course delegate Gateshead

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02 December 2016

A practical educational sexting resource that addresses and questions the sensitive issue of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically.

The pack comprises of a 25-minute play script and lesson plans that seek to educate and enlighten young people about the consequences of creating and sending indecent images.

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03 November 2016

What is ORM and why is it important?

Online Reputation Management (ORM) is about understanding and managing your digital footprint (everything that can be seen or read about your school online). You need to know it all – the positives and the negatives – and to create lots of the positives yourself with a visible and active online presence (including social media).

Few parents will apply for a school place without first ‘googling’ the school, and the Ofsted pre-inspection check
includes monitoring what is being said online (Mumsnet is a favourite). So whether a staff member or an external
agency is tasked with monitoring your footprint, you and your colleagues need to know!

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02 November 2016

This document was updated June 2020.

A clear and concise document from UK Council for Child Internet Safety to help school governors understand their responsibility in terms of safeguarding the students in their care.

 

Read the document here