Parent Support Information

Staying Safe Online

The world of technology is constantly evolving, and the internet and mobile technologies has opened up the world in new ways for all, including children.

Below are some websites and links that give advice and support for families about keeping safe online and using mobile technologies, as well as routes for reporting concerns or abuse.

This gaming leaflet this is a leaflet full of information and advice regarding children and online games

NSPCC - Keeping children safe online is the NSPCC website which covers all topics and gives advice for parents and families about current issues and how to discuss keeping safe with children.

Safer Internet is a specific organisation for online safety and they are the organisers in the UK of ‘Safer Internet Day’ which school gets involved in. There is a wealth of information on this website, but some key features are;

Technology Parent Guides

Resources for 3-11s    

Resources for 11-19s

Social Media/Apps Guides

Smart TVs

Foster carers and adoptive parents online guides

Child Exploitation Online Protection is the website from CEOP (Child Exploitation Online Protection) and from here you can report concerns, crime or abuse directly to the specialist online protection wing of the National Crime Agency. This is the department that operates the report button. We have this button on our school website pages. (See below).Think You Know

OPERATION ENCOMPASS

As you will appreciate, at Spotland Primary School, rigorous safeguarding procedures around every student are of the utmost importance.

As such, Spotland Primary, along with all Rochdale schools, has agreed to enter into a new initiative alongside Greater Manchester Police.

Operation Encompass is a partnership initiative which focuses upon dynamic information sharing between Greater Manchester Police, Rochdale Council and Schools. The initiative has been developed following local and national learning about the effects and harm upon children who hear or see domestic violence within their home.

We all want to ensure children thrive within the school environment and are able to reach their full potential. This initiative will ensure that where there has been a domestic incident within the child’s home, this information is shared on a confidential basis with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mrs K Jagger, in order that the child’s welfare and overall wellbeing can be monitored and that there is an offer of support from the partnership for both the child, and other family members who witness or are involved in a domestic violence incident.

This type of initiative has already been successfully adopted in other areas of the country.

Further information about support for persons involved in domestic violence can be found at End The Fear.