E-safety at High School
Ofsted – New Guidelines Relating To E-safety Ofsted has issued new guidelines in regards to e-safety provision in schools. During an inspection, they’ll look for :- how the school protects and educates staff and pupils in its use of technology what measures the school has in place to intervene and support should a particular issue arise.
Ofsted Summary All teaching and non-teaching staff should be aware and able to recognise e- safety issues with high-quality leadership and management to make e-safety a priority High priority given to training and continuation training to all staff, including the contribution of the wider school community. One member of staff to receive accredited training (for example: to become an e-safety officer)
Ofsted Summary cont’d Clear reporting processes Rigorous, plain English policies and procedures integrated with other relevant policies Progressive e-safety curriculum Provision of a recognised internet service provider (ISP) with age-related filtering Good risk assessment training (for example: to become an e-safety officer)
What do high schools put in place? Firewalls in place for example with a company like Smoothwall with a subscription which covers DFE approved. Spamware & Spyware in place – one looks at computer and the other watches what pupils are downloading which could bring viruses and other inappropriate material. Diagram for illustration purposes only
Example of a high school e-safety provision Year 7Year 8Year 9Year 10Year 11 E-safety assemblies including assembly on Safer internet Day Feb 2014 E-safety embedded throughout all of the curriculum. Staff aware of e-safety issues and how to work with pupils to help keep them safe Girls e-safety assembly including Jenny’s story E-Safety assembly - consequences Boys e-safety assembly including Max’s story PSHE – E-safety embedded into units of learning, using resources from ThinkUknow & CEOP website Risks & behaviour are 2 fundamental principles – we need to constantly make our pupils aware of the risks and how their behaviour puts them at risk. This comes through the relationship that we have with them.