Safeguarding Awareness Week 2025

75% of children say technology and the internet are key to their independence

2 in 3 children report experiencing online harms

Nearly 1/2 of 15–16-year-old girls have been contacted by strangers online

Kickstart important safeguarding conversations with some of our best resources including worksheets, displays and discussion activities.

Keeping students safe online is a key part of safeguarding. Our free guide, Safeguarding online: filtering and monitoring standards for schools, explains what filtering and monitoring involves, the types of harmful content your systems should block, and the key roles and responsibilities involved. It also includes tips to help your school meet government standards.

In 2024, our campaign emphasised that everyone has the right to feel safe. We focused on providing schools with guidance and support to make their environments as safe as possible. As part of this effort, we heard from industry experts, shared insights from the sector, and highlighted outstanding safeguarding practices both in the UK and internationally.

You can download our 2024 safeguarding survey, watch a panel discussion with three safeguarding experts, access free resources, and explore our informative blogs.

Encouraging children and young people to talk to a trusted adult in school is an essential part of a good safeguarding strategy. But how can you ensure your students know who to speak to and feel confident in doing so? And how do you make sure your colleagues know what to do when a child does confide in them?

Watch our free Live Lesson with NSPCC, download our classroom resources, explore our useful blogs and more, to help keep everybody in your school safe.

Following reports in the rise of sexual harassment in schools, our first safeguarding awareness week examined what it means to feel safe and what schools can do to protect all their students.

See how we raised awareness during the week, watch recordings of our free webinars with leading experts, view the results of our safeguarding week survey, download our classroom activity sheet, access resources from our safeguarding experts, and more, by visiting our Safeguarding Awareness Week 2022 page.

Children are accessing social media and online content around the clock, unsupervised and at ages below the minimum age limit. It’s no wonder that teachers recently reported harsh wellbeing consequences of social media use in young people.

Young people now grow up with modern technology and tend to be digitally literate from a very young age – but how safe are they online? How do teachers and school staff safeguard against digital threats?

In an increasingly digital world, it's essential that children grow up knowing how to navigate the online world safely and in a way that they get the most out of it. Keep reading to find out how teachers can support this in schools.

As part of Safeguarding Awareness Week, we’re highlighting key online threats facing children and young people today. One such threat is 'sextortion', particularly online financial sextortion, which is rapidly becoming one of the most harmful forms of online exploitation.

In today’s digital age, ensuring that your school is a safe place for students and staff has never been more important. With the widespread use of technology, your school must implement robust filtering and monitoring systems to help protect your community from potentially harmful and inappropriate online content.

Keep your entire school community up to date with the latest safeguarding knowledge with unlimited access to over 80 expert-written online training courses in safeguarding, compliance, health and safety, and wellbeing.

Support staff to easily record and monitor safeguarding concerns. Enabling early interventions by identifying trends and patterns and helping to inform decision-making with our case management system, MyConcern, now part of Tes.

Identify trends and gain actionable insights with Clarity, our powerful reporting tool specifically designed for trusts and school groups. Paired with our case management system, MyConcern, it supports data-driven decisions, detects risks and ensures a consistent approach to safeguarding.