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Online Safety
At Watford Grammar School for Boys we take the online safety of our students seriously. This page provide useful information for both students and parents.
The Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and the Think U Know websites offer advice and guidance in this area.
Report an online safety concern
If you have any concern about online safety or have an online safety incident/issue we encourage you to report this by email.
It is important that you provide as much detail as possible to enable us to investigate the issue or concern thoroughly, including:
Your name, contact email and telephone
As much detail as you can provide about the incident/issue.
Email to report an online safety concern
Once received, this will be sent to the School's Online Safety Officer. Please be assured that this incident will be followed up as quickly as possible and dealt with in a confidential manner.
Online safety Information for Students
The Hertfordshire Grid for learning povide an excellent termly newsletter. The latest edition of this can be found by clicking on the link below :
Our school E-Safety Policy has recently been updated. Please have a read through of this important document as it contains some important information.
Below you will also find our acceptable use policy. Your form tutor has been through this with you but please ensure that you read through this as ignorance is not an excuse!
The school has also sought to enhance student knowledge on S-Safety and E-Safety issues. With this in mind the link below will give you access to a short educational resource which will help students keep up to date.
PSHE plays an important part in educating pupils in E-Safety. Below you will find a link to our school PSHE pages where you will find information on E-Safety as well as resources from your PSHE lessons.
Radicalisation via the internet is ever increasing and students need to be vigilant in looking out for any signs of this. The school takes its responsibilities with regards to this very seriously. Check out this website which encourages discussion around this issue.
Lastly all students should be aware of the possible sanctions that can be imposed if a student decides to break the schools E-Safety rules. Below you will find a document which looks at infringements and suggested outcomes.
E-Safety in the news:
Students need to ensure that they are aware of E-Safety news and issues. Below you will find a news feed linked to the website E-Safety Support which will provide up to date news articles.
Online for Parents and Carers
The Hertfordshire Grid for learning provide an excellent termly newsletter. The latest edition of this can be found by clicking on the link below :
Our School E-Safety Policy has recently been updated. Please have a read through of this important document as it contains some important information.
The school has also sought to enhance parental knowledge on E-Safety and E-Safety issues. With this in mind the link below will give you access to a short educational resource which will help parents and carers keep up to date.
Radicalisation via the internet is ever increasing and parents need to be vigilant in looking out for any signs of this. The school takes it's responsibilities with regards to this very seriously. Below is a link encouraging parents to learn more about this issue.
Lastly all Parents should be aware of the possible sanctions that can be imposed if a student decides to break the schools E-Safety rules. Below you will find a document which looks at infringements and suggested outcomes.
Useful Websites:
CEOP: http://www.ceop.police.uk/
Think U Know: http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
Internet Matters: http://www.internetmatters.org/
Digital Parenting: http://www.vodafone.com/content/parents.html
Online Safety in the news:
www.parentinfo.org is a new site which offers valuable advice to parents and carers. A newsfeed of their latest digital news is set out below: