Online Safety and Security for Parents

This page contains resources for parents about the safety of your child online. There is a list of useful external links and a guide for where to go for help as a parent. The school’s acceptable use policy is also linked below.

School links

Our Student Digital Leaders have put together a range of useful help sheets and presentations concerning staying safe online and when using social media.

e-Safety information evening

Each year we hold an e-Safety information evening for Parents, led by our Student Digital Leaders. To see the presentation which they gave please see the links below

Information evening presentation (coming soon..)

YouTube new parental controls

New controls have been released by YouTube to give parents better filtering management. Previously the only filtering option was ‘Restricted Mode’ which basically meant videos flagged as 18+ were filtered out. Called ‘Supervised Experience’ there are now filters for:

• Explore – 9+
• Explore More – 13+
• Most of YouTube – all videos except 18+ (the current Restricted Mode)

YouTube released a handy explainer video which you can link to from your school website or share via your channels. The link is HERE.

Other external useful links

We also have a few external links which we recommend visiting for more information

Where to go for help

If you are worried about a child being bullied, targeted or feeling unsafe online, there are lots of options of where to go for help:

• Contact the school, and speak to the child’s form tutor or senior tutor about the issue
• NSPCC Helpline (Mon-Fri 8am – 10pm, Sat-Sun 9am – 6pm) – 0800 800 5000

School acceptable use policy

Please see below our acceptable use policy, which all AGGS students should adhere to.

Student Online Safety Section

We invite you to look at what extra information we are providing our students with, to check please look at the e-Safety for Students page:

Link to student online safety section