At Falmouth School we take student safety very seriously. We acknowledge the benefits that the internet has brought to education and work hard to ensure all students are able to fully utilise it. We hope that the information and links on this page will help you support and protect your child whilst online.

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We offer regular information and training sessions for parents to help you support your child online. For further information or to be kept informed of the next dates for our training sessions please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

To help students remain safe when using ICT and the Internet. This is achieved through direct education of students alongside events aimed at raising parent/ carer awareness. To find out more about our E- safety visit our moodle site.

Internet Safety Tips

Help your children to understand that they should never give out personal details to online friends they do not know offline.

Explain to your children what information about them is personal: i.e. email address, mobile number, school name, sports club, arrangements for meeting up with friends and any pictures or videos of themselves, their family or friends. Small pieces of information can easily be pieced together to form a comprehensive insight in to their lives and daily activities.

Make your children aware that they need to think carefully about the information and pictures they post on their profiles. Inform them that once published online, anyone can change or share these images of them.

It can be easy to forget that the internet is not a private space, and as result sometimes young people engage in risky behaviour online. Advise your children not to post any pictures, videos or information on their profiles, or in chat rooms, that they would not want a parent or carer to see.

If your child receives spam or junk email and texts, remind them never to believe their contents, reply to them or use them.

It's not a good idea for your child to open files that are from people they don't know. They won't know what they contain—it could be a virus, or worse - an inappropriate image or film.

Help your child to understand that some people lie online and that therefore it's better to keep online mates online. They should never meet up with any strangers without an adult they trust.

Always keep communication open for a child to know that it's never too late to tell someone if something makes them feel uncomfortable. 

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Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre

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