Online Safety
Online Safety
The National Curriculum states that by the end of KS1 children should be taught to:- use technology safely and respectfully,
- keep personal information private
- identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies.
At Wootton Bassett Infants' we are constantly reviewing our safeguarding practice to make sure we are up to date with current procedures. Our policy can be found on the policy page
Schools in England (and Wales) are required “to ensure children are safe from terrorist and extremist material when accessing the internet in school, including by establishing appropriate levels of filtering”. Furthermore, the Department for Education’s statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ obliges schools and colleges in England to “ensure appropriate filters and appropriate monitoring systems are in place and regularly review their effectiveness” and they “should be doing all that they reasonably can to limit children’s exposure to the above risks from the school’s or college’s IT system” however, schools will need to “be careful that “over blocking” does not lead to unreasonable restrictions as to what children can be taught with regards to online teaching and safeguarding.”
We have to meet digital and technology standards, that were outlined by the Department for Education Filtering and Monitoring Standards in March 2023.
Please find below our Filtering Risk Assessment:
Permission for use of Images
When we use images of children on either the school website or promotional material permission is sought from parents/carers before they are published. Children are never individually named or identified.
Online Safety Newsletters
Please find below our newsletters that include guidance and support on how parents can keep their children safe when using technology and going online.
Safer Internet Day 2025
As part of our online safety initiative, we are taking part in Safer Internet 2025.. This year the focus is‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online' which explores the issues of scams online and how young people can protect themselves and others, as well as what support is available to them. We’ve all received an email with a suspicious link, a text claiming to be from our bank, or even seen a pop-up telling us we have been a lucky winner, but scams take many forms and can target anyone, including young people. This Safer Internet Day, we want to start conversations about how to spot, respond to and report all types of scams online.The children will also have opportunities to use the computer resources we have in school such as the Chromebooks, floor robots, and tablets.
Top tips for parents with children ages 3-7.
There are also parent workshops available online via the NSPCC, which can be found here.
Here are some additional helpful documents from STEM Learning.
1) Learn more and get involved
5) Organisations and Resources
Useful links and documents
CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection)