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NON-STATUTORY ADVICE

Sharing nudes and semi-nudes: advice for education settings working with children and young people

Understand how to respond effectively to incidents involving the sharing of nudes and semi-nudes in education settings in England, with this non-statutory guidance from the UK Council for Internet Safety. Get guidance and support on risk assessing incidents, safeguarding and supporting children and young people, and providing education the sharing of nudes and semi-nudes.

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RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS

Children’s Media Lives: Covid-19 specific findings

Gain an insight into the media lives of children during Covid-19 and the months spent in lockdown with Ofcom's research study.

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NON-STATUTORY ADVICE

Education for a Connected World: 2020 edition

Make sure children and young people have the skills and knowledge to navigate the internet safety with ‘Education for a Connected World’, the UK Council for Internet Safety’s framework for online safety updated for 2020. You can use it to develop your curriculum, and audit and evaluate existing provision for online safety education.

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STATUTORY GUIDANCE

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020

The Department for Education has published statutory safeguarding guidance for September 2020. Find out more about the updated guidance.

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NON-STATUTORY GUIDANCE

Staying Safe Online

Gain an overview of what all school staff need to know about the lives and experiences of LGBT children and young people, as well as advice and strategies on how to respond when things go wrong by reading Stonewall and Childnet’s new guidance.

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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

PSHE Association Programmes of Study

Use the PSHE Association’s updated programmes of study to help make sure your PSHE curriculum matches your pupils’ needs and meets new statutory requirements.

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RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2019

Gain a better understanding of how children and young people use and access media with Ofcom's annual report. Published in February 2020, the report covers issues such as the technology used by children, social media and online gaming, and the attitudes and concerns of children and parents.

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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

ProjectEVOLVE

Find out about the UK Safer Internet Centre's ProjectEVOLVE toolkit which provides resources for each of the statements from UK Council for Internet Safety’s Education for a Connected World framework.

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RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS

Childline 2019 annual review

Gain an insight into what children and young people are telling Childline during counselling sessions with Childline's 2019 annual review. It looks at who is contacting Childline, why, when and how, and includes a closer look at some of the biggest issues of the year.

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RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS

Learning about online sexual harm

Read IICSA's research report which explores children’s and young people’s perspectives on being online, the risks of online sexual harm, and how education about online sexual harm in schools could be improved.

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POLICY

Online safety action plan for children and young people in Wales 2019

Read Welsh Government's 2019 online safety action plan which outlines its future plans and commitments to enhance online safety for children and young people. It also summarises the activities Welsh Government has undertaken over the past year.

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NON-STATUTORY GUIDANCE

Digital Resilience Framework

Understand how to embed digital resilience thinking into your education and services with UKCIS’s Digital Resilience Framework.

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Why CSA education isn't suitable for assemblies

We all have a duty to safeguard children, so delivering important messaging in assemblies may seem like a good way to reach all the children in your setting. However, not all education is suitable or safe to deliver in this way, particularly education to protect children from online sexual abuse. Find out more...