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students, misuse of texting outside of lessons is the issue. Procactive monitoring and regular group discussion about the impact of such behaviours is helping us to progressively minimise this issue across the school. More recently we have started working with other
local schools to promote inter-school e-safety and prevent on and offline conversations that could escalate into bullying.
Daley Robinson: I think people in general are much more aware of the basic principles of e-safety than they were two years ago. However, people’s attitudes to e-safety could be compared to their attitudes about the rules of the road – there are always going to be differences in the levels of risk that people think are acceptable before danger becomes likely. But, despite their own attitudes, staff in a school are
simply having to understand what e-safety boundaries need to be set for a child to remain safe whilst a school is responsible. We’re seeing the vast majority of our schools' customers stepping up to this responsibility with an encouraging keenness.
How can schools ensure that all staff receive appropriate online safety training?
Mhairi Hill: E-safeguarding should be considered to be
of equal importance to safeguarding. Annual whole- staff training incorporating digital footprint, use of social media, online bullying and harassment, online communications, school policy and practice should be planned for. I have attended many external courses and some,
unfortunately, have failed to hit the spot. A nominated person, or persons, with a responsibility for safeguarding should attend a rich variety of external courses to ensure a breadth of effective information and strategies can be brought back to school and disseminated to all staff. Many companies and agencies advertise packages
to schools to boost the in-house e-safety practice, but without an in-house leader in e-safety the school will struggle to achieve a coordinated approach.
Tony Anscombe: According to our research, 50% of UK teachers agree that their schools should provide better training to teachers on using the internet as an education tool, while 63% haven’t received any training at all. With this in mind, it’s clear that schools need to place increased importance on ensuring that their staff are provided with all the necessary resources to tackle the online challenges they’re being confronted with in the classroom.
Steve Baines: As well as ensuring that all staff receive suitable initial training on online safety, schools
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