Annual Certificate in Teaching Online Safety for Independent Senior Schools (2023-2024)

New ‘Keeping children safe in education’ guidance has been published and will become statutory from 1 September 2023. 

‘Keeping children safe in education’ requires all schools to teach online safety as part of a ‘broad and balanced curriculum.’ They must teach online safety as part of national curriculum requirements, including relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education, and should ensure children of all ages understand how to stay safe and behave online.

Developed by John Insley, e-safety lead and head of IT and computing, this course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to embed online safety into the curriculum in line with statutory and recommended DfE requirements.

Please note: This course consists of learning through video, task completion, and further reading/research. Please consider this when planning and allocating your time. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives of the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own settings. All schools should continue to adhere to the current ‘Keeping children safe in education’ guidance until 1 September 2023.

Designed in line with the following: 

• Keeping children safe in education
• Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education 
• Teaching online safety in schools 
• Education for a connected world