St. Cuthbert's RC High School e-Safety
e-Safety is a child-safety issue and not an ICT issue. It is a part of safeguarding in schools. For example, cyber bullying is considered alongside real-world bullying. In an increasingly digital age we need to be proactive in protecting stakeholders from the potential dangers.
Purpose
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To empower students to take responsibility for staying safe online.
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To equip parents/carers with the skills to ensure e-safety in and out of the home
environment.
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To provide staff with the skills and knowledge to both teach and be aware of e-
Safety issues.
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To ensure that roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and adhered to.
Roles and Responsibilities
All staff are responsible for e-safety at St Cuthbert’s. A parent representative will also be invited to join the e-safety team. The named governor for Safeguarding in the school is Mrs G Cockroft.
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The school has two members of staff who are both NSPCC e-Safety and CEOP Ambassador qualified.
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All of the ICT support staff are CEOP trained and NSPCC qualified to recognise potential e-Safety issues.
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We employ a number of different systems to monitor web access in school, these include, Impero, Securus, Smoothwall, Exchange and Watchguard to name a few.
