Teacher policy & guidance

Research and reports for professionals

The online space is constantly changing just like education. See our broad range of teacher policy and guidance resources below to keep you informed and engaged in the latest developments in online safety.

Advice and guides for professionals

Learn about common online safety issues like child-on-child abuse, self-image, vulnerabilities and more with our featured advice pages and guides to help inform teacher policy and guidance.

Misogyny in schools

Learn how to effectively tackle online misogyny in school settings. Created with expert panelist and educator Dr. Tamasine Preece.

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The TikTok Playbook

TikTok is one of the most popular social media apps used by children. The Playbook gives teachers the information they need to thrive.

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Online Child-on-Child Abuse

Explore our advice for teachers, parents and young people on the topic of child-on-child abuse and how it presents online.

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Inclusive Digital Safety Hub

Learn about the risks and benefits online for children with vulnerabilities and how to support them.

VISIT HUB

Changing Conversations

Discover how to support children with SEND who use the online space to help them learn key safety skills.

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Research and reports

Completed by our research team or in partnership with our supporters and partners, these reports highlight important online safety issues to support teacher policy and guidance.

Children’s Wellbeing in a Digital World 2023

A yearly project to research the impact of digital use on children and young people in the UK to inform changes.

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Children’s Wellbeing in a Digital World 2022

A yearly project to research the impact of digital use on children and young people in the UK to inform changes.

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Demystifying Teens Online Interactions

Young people share their experiences online and how this impacts their relationships, self-expression and ability to create.

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Intentional Use

Research supported by TikTok that explores the views of teens and parents on having agency and its role in managing screen time.

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Principles for Social Work

This guide contains 9 principles to help professionals support carers and children in care to stay safe online.

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Other teacher policy and guidance

The resources below include further research and reports from different sources to help schools and teachers inform their policies.

Lesson resources
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TikTok Playbook
With a whole world of digital content at your students’ fingertips, our TikTok Playbook has all the information and advice you need to recognise the potential safeguarding issues, understand the latest privacy and security features and support students to use the platform safely.
With a whole world of digital content ...
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Changing Conversations report
Changing conversations explores the current approach to online risks faced by vulnerable children and how regulators, professionals and parents/carers can change these practises to better support these children.
Changing conversations explores the current approach to ...
Guides
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Social work principles within the realm of children’s social care
Supporting young people’s online safety and experiences: nine principles to help social workers and other social work professionals support foster carers and care experienced children in understanding how to safely benefit from being online.
Supporting young people’s online safety and experiences: ...
Lesson resources
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Understanding and Combatting Youth Experiences of Image-Based Sexual Harassment and Abuse
These resources from the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) follow their research into image-based sexual harassment and abuse. These workshops around the issue aim to help teachers inform and educate students.
These resources from the Association of School ...
Research
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Research: Supporting educators on issues of online safety
This report focuses on the importance of frontline services which directly support families: schools. Most children in England spend more than 30 hours at school per week. Some families look to teachers as a source of support in many aspects of life, educational and noneducational – including online life.
This report focuses on the importance of ...
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Report: A Whole New World? Towards a Child-Friendly Metaverse
This report summarises current developments in the metaverse landscape, along with early evidence of the opportunities and risks posed to children. It presents new research into what families think and feel about the metaverse, based on an original survey conducted for Internet Matters.
This report summarises current developments in the ...
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June 2022 tracker
Our tracker survey is conducted twice per year with a sample of 1000 children aged 9-16 and 2000 parents. This survey helps us analyse trends over time and compare responses by child’s age, gender, vulnerabilities and more. It also enables us to analyse differences in what parents and children report.
Our tracker survey is conducted twice per ...
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December 2021 tracker insights
Our tracker survey is conducted twice per year. This survey had a sample of 2000 UK parents of children aged 4-16-years-old. Around 25% were parents of vulnerable children. This survey helps us analyse trends over time and compare responses by child’s age, gender, vulnerabilities and more. It also enables us to analyse differences in what parents and children report.
Our tracker survey is conducted twice per ...

More teaching resources

Visit our other schools sections for more advice on students’ interests and how to teach them online safety.

Visit our schools page for online safety resources and insight whether you teach early years, primary or secondary.

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Connect to pupils’ home with parent packs and resources. Choose from presentations to plays and more!

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Get prepared after school breaks to keep children safe throughout the school year with back to school advice.

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