E-Safety
At Bursar Primary Academy we strive to keep everyone within our school community safe; this includes staying safe online.
To support this, we want to equip our pupils with life-long skills and attributes, which include using the internet safely, responsibly and how to report any harm. We promote positive online safety within a whole school approach. Our school has clear processes in place to appropriately identify, help and manage any incidents where online safety is an issue and to support those involved.
All children must follow the Acceptable Use Policy for Pupils which is shared with all pupils, at an age-approprite level, regularly over each academic year. Pupils are taught to make responsible choices concerning E-Safety. Termly lessons, assemblies, Safer Internet Week, posters and desktop wallpaper on the pupil laptops consistently nurture the relevance and importance of E-Safety.
Staff follow the E-Safety Policy and agree to the Acceptable Use Agreement for Staff.
We have a strict filtering and monitoring approach with notifications sent immediately of any breaches and weekly reports completed, recorded and acted upon.
We use National Colledge resources to support our Bursar Parental Community with weekly newsletters sent via Class Dojo with top tips and information all presented in an easy to use guide. These reflect current issues, awareness notices for parents and educators along with how to guides too!
The Visitor Agreement is displayed for visitors to read and agree to on our InVentry electronic sign in before entering school, a hard copy is also retained for our records.
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Online Safety Policy January 2025 PDF | [pdf 207KB] |
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Acceptable Use Policy - Staff 2024 | [pdf 124KB] |
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Privacy Notice 2024 | [pdf 156KB] |
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Acceptable Use Policy - Pupils 2024 | [pdf 95KB] |
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What are the issues?
The internet – on the whole is an inspiring and positive place
The internet is an amazing resource which enables children and young people to connect, communicate and be creative in a number of different ways, on a range of devices.
However, the internet is always changing, and being able to keep up to date with your children’s use of technology can be a challenge.
You may sometimes feel that your children have better technical skills than you do, however children and young people still need advice and protection when it comes to managing their lives online.
Issues that your child may encounter on the internet will vary depending on their age and online activities.
Advice on Remote Learning (Remote Education):
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10-Top-Tips-Remote-Education-for-Parents-and-Carers | [pdf 421KB] |
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Online-safety-guide-on-Remote-Education-for-Children | [pdf 827KB] |
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Parental Controls
Smartphones and other devices
Children are using devices at a younger age so it’s important to consider setting controls on their tech, or on any devices that you are letting them borrow from you. We’ve pulled together a number of guides to give you simple steps to set controls on a range of devices.
Advice on Social Media & Staying Safe
Browse through our recommendations for staying safe online.
THINKUKNOW
This is an educational programme which aims to protect children both online and offline. It includes advice about staying safe when you are on a phone, tablet or computer.
Please click on the button link. All links were accessible at the time of publication.
CEOP
CEOP is a law enforcement agency and aims to keep children and young people safe from sexual exploitation and abuse.
Please click on the button link.
parent INFO
This has help and advice for families in a digital world, providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
Please click on the button link.
More Useful Links:
- Thinkuknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
- Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Net-aware (support for parents and carers from the NSPCC)
- Let’s Talk About It (support for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation)
- UK Safer Internet Centre (tips, advice, guides)