Ensuring that our pupils are equipped with the knowledge and skills to use the internet, and social media, safely and responsibly is important facet of our safeguarding at the Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service. This page contains useful information for young people, parents and carers on keeping yourselves, and others, safe online and provides links to other useful websites to get more detail information and support.

Online Bullying
The Childline website has lots of useful information and support available for young people who are being bullied online and parents/ carers of young people who are experiencing bullying online. Click here to get support and learn more.

Online Sexual Exploitation
CEOP is a law enforcement agency and helps to keep children and young people safe from sexual exploitation and abuse. To make a report, either for yourself or someone else, click here.
Apps
There are hundreds of apps available for young people to use, some are for social networking and chatting while others are for online dating and gaming. Keeping up-to-date with the latest apps, the risks they pose and how they work can be difficult. The following websites are useful for young people, parents and carers to stay informed.

Netaware
This website, set up by O2 and the NSPCC, contains lots of useful information about staying safe online. In particular it has excellent information on apps including: minimum age to use, descriptions, children’s views including why they like the app and information on privacy settings. Click here to visit Net Aware.

Common Sense Media
This website has lots of information on staying informed and safe online. Their informaton on apps is very helpful for young people, parents and carers as the apps are reviewed by young people and parents. You can find out information like the age appropriateness of the app, its cost and micro-transactions, the language used on it and if there is any content of a sexual nature. Click here to visit the Common Sense Media Website.

Internet Matters
This website, setup in partnership with the BBC, Sky, Virgin Media and Talk Talk and BT, Google and others, provides a range of information about keeping yourself safe online. It has information on topics including cyber-bullying, apps, online grooming, radicalisation and more. There are also different guides for parents and guardians on keeping their children safe online across different age ranges. To visit the Internet Matters website click here.