Guidance

Online safety in schools and colleges: questions from the governing board

Guidance for senior leaders on monitoring the provision of online safety education in schools and colleges.

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Guidance for school governors and trustees to help them support school leaders to keep children safe online. Set out as a list of questions, it includes examples of good and outstanding practice, as well as identifying when governors should be concerned.

These questions cover:

  • policies
  • supporting and reporting mechanisms
  • staff training
  • teaching and learning
  • whole-school community engagement and education

The guidance also includes a proforma to help senior leaders to record evidence of the above.

Access the Welsh Government version of this guidance.

Updates to this page

Published 2 November 2016
Last updated 6 October 2022 + show all updates
  1. Updated English language guide added.

  2. Added 2020 versions of Online safety in schools and colleges: Questions from the Governing Board.

  3. First published.

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