Pornography protections for children
May 16, 2019
October 2019 update. The government has announced that the age verification of online pornography will not be implemented.
The ‘dreaded parent online safety evening’
April 26, 2019
“I’ve been asked to run a parent session on online safety – what should we do?” That’s a question we are often asked, often accompanied by a deep..
Online Harms White Paper
April 8, 2019
The Government today published the Online Harms White Paper, following last year’s Green Paper, published as part of the UK Internet Safety Strategy...
Calling time on screen time!?
February 11, 2019
I’ll let you into a secret – I don’t like the term screen time; I think it’s unhelpful as a concept, let alone as a framework for discussion or..
Keeping Children Safe in Education – translated
December 20, 2018
Now available from LGfL for the benefit of all schools – Part 1 of this key safeguarding document which needs to be understood by ALL staff (that..
Life online for a Year 8 pupil
December 6, 2018
Having learned so much from the 40,000 pupils who took part in our online safety survey earlier this year (read Hopes & Streams here), the LGfL..
Parents – scare or prepare?
November 9, 2018
UPDATE FEB 2021 – new DfE guidance ‘Harmful online challenges & hoaxes’
Ban the phones!?
September 5, 2018
The French have been cracking down on mobile phones in schools: as of this rentrée (back-to-school season), a new law fulfils French President..
‘Self-harm bullying’
August 29, 2018
Schools and parents hear lots about self-harm and about bullying, but did you know there was such a thing as ‘self-harm bullying’, where children and..
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Social media is killing / saving us [delete as applicable]
February 4, 2019