Kingsley Special Academy is taking part in Safer Internet Day 2025. Below are some top tips for guardians on how to keep children safe online.
We believe that educating ourselves regarding online safety is as important as educating our pupils. Alongside our online safety work with our pupils, we will also keep guardians updated on trends or concerning activities. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the online safety lead.
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Smartphone Guidance
Some great tips including parental filters and controls and APPS and their safety features. This is updated regularly.
Parental Controls and Filters
Parental controls are designed to help protect children from inappropriate content they may come across online. These controls can be used to limit access to only age-appropriate content, to set usage times and to monitor activity.
There are four main places you can find parental controls, and it can help to set up a combination of these:
Parental Controls
Visit this website for other devices, internet providers and gaming consoles not mentioned above.
Useful links
https://www.ceopeducation.co.uk/parents/jessie-and-friends-videos/
https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/young-people/resources-for-3-11s
https://www.internetmatters.org/
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/parental-controls/
https://www.ceop.police.uk/Safety-Centre/
Smartie the Penguin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7vZF-8bTFI
Digi Duck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKmtn8yz6wA