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Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

Social Media is often scrutinised as having a negative impact on children’s mental health. Children and young people are now growing up in a technology dominated world, and social media plays a major role in their social lives. This balanced guide focuses at both the positive and negative impacts that social media can bring to young people and their mental health.

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/view/guide/social-media-mental-health-the-positive-and-negative-impacts 

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Safeguarding: BeReal

Safeguarding - Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism

Safeguarding - FGM and Honour Based Violence

Peer on Peer/Child on Child Abuse

Safeguarding - Gender Identity Discrimination

Safeguarding: Instagram

Safeguarding - eSafety

Safeguarding - Early Help

Find My Kids App

Safeguarding - Child Exploitation (CCE)and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

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Year 9 Options 2025-2026

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