online safety bulletin

Please see below for this week's Online Safety bulletin followed by a message from Assistant Head Mr Roberts:

This week's online safety bulletin focuses on apps that are set up to support mental health and wellbeing. The rise in awareness of mental health issues has given way to several easily accessible services to help with such problems: for example, wellbeing apps that promise to serve as an assistive tool for anyone in need of support.

While these can be useful to some, there are a few risks which are important to consider, especially if a child or young person is using the app.

Of course, it can be tricky to know exactly where the safety concerns lie with a service intended to help and support its users, and it can be harder still to safeguard younger users.

This free guide breaks down the online safety risks of mental health and wellbeing apps, before letting you know how best to keep children and young people safe if they ever wish to use these services.

As always, if this raises any questions, thoughts or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us, via your son/daughter's form tutor in the first instance.

Thank you

Kind regards

Mr Roberts