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How to help your students when things go wrong online
This guide for teachers is designed to help empower students online with practical advice on what to do when experiencing online harms and how to report concerns.
In it, we tackle the stigma around reporting, breaking down the barriers to help you guide them on how and when to seek support. We also look at how students can proactively alter their algorithms to see more of the content they want (and less of the things they don’t!), improve their online privacy and other ways they can stay safe and savvy online.
Inside you’ll find lesson activity ideas, helpful resources and other sources of support.
2026 Safeguarding Guide! – Out now!
This year’s edition provides comprehensive information on safeguarding children and young people as they explore and learn online.
Focusing on the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders, including senior leaders, teachers, governors and parents, there’s a wealth of information for everyone who has responsibilities for children and young people.
Key sections
- Today’s digital landscape. Explains the importance of online safety, the risks posed by AI, deepfakes and other digital threats, and the need to teach children about privacy, phishing, secure passwords and digital footprints.
- Senior Leaders. Discusses the responsibilities of headteachers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), ensuring compliance with safeguarding policies, data protection, and using appropriate digital tools like classroom.cloud, NetSupport DNA, CPOMS and Tes MyConcern.
- Teachers: Stresses the importance of integrating online safety into the curriculum, using school-provided solutions and identifying and addressing online risks such as cyberbullying and inappropriate content.
- Governors: Overview of the strategic oversight role of governors to ensure schools comply with safeguarding policies, conduct regular audits and promote a proactive approach to online safety and digital wellbeing.
- Parents: Summary of key legislation and statutory guidance, the risks children face online and the benefits of digital technology. It also offers tips on recognising warning signs of online issues and maintaining open communication with children.
Check your progress!
We’ve included handy downloadable checklists for each stakeholder group to help you ensure all areas of safeguarding are covered – and have provided references and resources for further support.
Share the Safeguarding Guide love!
If you think it would be useful to share this guide with colleagues or parents, here’s some quick copy-and-paste text for you to use…
Dear
I just wanted to recommend this informative Safeguarding Guide from NetSupport to you.
With easy-to-read sections on the roles and responsibilities senior leaders, teachers, governors and parents, there’s a wealth of information and tips for everyone who has responsibilities for children and young people.
There are also some super helpful checklists to use to help make sure we’re doing all we can.
Please download it from here https://www.netsupportsoftware.com/online-safety-safeguarding-resources/ and have a read. It’s the perfect companion to any digital citizenship activities you may be doing for Safer Internet Day!
Best wishes,
12 Online Safety habits
We’ve put together twelve online safety points and habits parents can action at home with their children.
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Digital Citizenship resources
for teachers and students
You’ll be able to teach and learn how to identify, protect, and respect intellectual property rights in academic, creative, and professional contexts.
Discover practical tools for avoiding infringement, citing others’ work ethically, and understanding your rights over your creations. You’ll also access resources to help with data privacy, effective research strategies (including AI), plagiarism, fake news (including deepfakes) and much more.
Be smart, be safe online – Secondary poster
Perfect for Safer Internet Day 2026, this poster helps students know what to do if something doesn’t feel right online – and how they can report it.
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Digital Citizenship Posters – Primary and Secondary
Enjoy a free A3 poster to hang in your classroom to help students gain top tips for becoming great digital citizens.
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Youth Mental Health checklist
Access your copy of NetSupport’s Youth Mental Health Checklist, now. This practical one-page checklist offers clear, actionable guidance to help educators, carers and professionals notice early signs that a young person might be struggling with their mental health. It highlights key behaviours to watch for — from changes in body language and speech to unusual or disruptive conduct — and outlines how to create a calm, safe space for conversation. With
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Join us on a online webinar to get helpful tips on a range of edtech topics, such as, online safety trends and tools, KCSIE updates, safeguarding processes, data protection, data privacy – and much more!
