E-safety
E-safety can be defined as: all fixed and mobile technologies that children may encounter, now and in the future, which allows them access to content and communications that could raise e-safety issues or pose risks to their wellbeing and safety (Becta).
Children and young people are increasingly using ICT in school and at home. Its benefits are huge in improving life skills and educational achievement. Children and young people should be allowed the opportunity to learn from the wide variety of material available online.
However, the misuse of ICT poses dangers and it is important that we raise awareness of the dangers, minimise risks and offer information to safeguard children and young people.
The risks can be reflected as follows:
Content (children/young people as recipient)
- Commercial (adverts, spam, sponsorship, personal information)
- Aggressive (violent/hateful content)
- Sexual (pornographic or unwelcome sexual content)
- Values (bias, racism, misleading information or advice)
Contact (child/young people as participant)
- Commercial (tracking, harvesting personal information)
- Aggressive (being bullied, harassed or stalked)
- Sexual (meeting strangers, being groomed)
- Values (self-harm, unwelcome persuasions)
Conduct
- Commercial (illegal downloading, hacking, gambling, financial scams, terrorism)
- Aggressive (bullying or harassing another)
- Sexual (creating and uploading inappropriate material)
- Values (providing misleading information or advice)
The Bracknell Forest Local Safeguarding Children Board has established an e-safety sub-group which comprises a wide range of partner agencies who work closely together to address these risks in the form of a programme of work.
The group is currently drawing up an e-safety strategy which will be published on this page following consultation.
If you are a child/ young person or a parent/ carer and need help please use the CEOP Report Button below.
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Downloads
E Safety Action Plan (382kb)- E Safety Strategy (767kb)
- E Safety Exemplar Policy and Guidance (1187kb)
- Sample Online Safety Charter (178kb)
- Sample E Safety Rules (620kb)
- Safe Parenting Handbook (3348kb)
