Online safety is a top priority for schools – and so it should be. As we prepare for the start of the 2025/26 academic year, now is the ideal time to refresh digital parenting strategies and strengthen your partnership with families.
To support this, we’ve created an evidence-informed resource, ‘Navigating the digital world – A parent’s guide to online safety in 2025’.
With the new Online Safety Act in force, parents need clear, accessible guidance to understand how they can play their part.
This guide helps families stay informed, take practical steps at home and support the messages children hear in school – creating a more joined-up approach to keeping them safe online.
About ‘Navigating the digital world – A parent’s guide to online safety in 2025’
Our evidence-informed guide translates policy into plain language for parents and carers. It outlines key messages from the Online Safety Act, including the duty on tech companies to minimise harmful content, and brings together trusted advice on raising confident digital citizens. Designed for easy sharing, it helps families understand their role in keeping children safe without overwhelming them.
How can you use it?
Use the guide to strengthen your home–school partnership. For example:
- Share it at digital parenting evenings or parent workshops, particularly those scheduled early in the new term.
- Include key messages in your newsletters or on your website.
- Send it out as part of your regular safeguarding communications.
Supporting your safeguarding responsibilities
This new online safety guide for parents is designed to help families feel informed, confident and better equipped to support their children in the online world. It offers accessible, up-to-date advice on topics such as age restrictions, privacy settings, reporting tools, digital boundaries and respectful behaviour, all aligned with the latest guidance from the Online Safety Act.
By helping parents understand the risks and the practical steps they can take, the guide will empower them to have more open, constructive conversations at home. For schools, it’s a valuable tool that extends safeguarding beyond the school gates and strengthens the home–school partnership around online safety, supporting a consistent approach as part of your wider 2025/26 digital strategy, safeguarding and parental engagement plans.