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Online Safety

Harborne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, this page details how we safeguard students using the internet at school and offers support for safeguarding them at home.

As an Academy we use Smoothwall Managed software to monitor all ICT use by staff and students on all Academy ICT equipment both on and off site. For full details please see the Harborne Academy Online Safety Policy which can be found below. We are committed to keeping personal data safely and securely, any freedom of information requests must go through the Data Protection Officer. Please see the Data Protection Policy which is located here for full guidelines.

In order to limit the unrestricted access to the internet offered by mobile phones Harborne Academy does not allow students to use their phones in the Academy. Any mobile phone seen by staff will be confiscated.

At home we recommend that you consider installing parental controls and monitoring your child’s use of computers and other Parental controls offered by your home internet provider devices. This website may help : Parental controls by provider

Facebook Safety Centre
Official Facebook dedicated safety information page. Learn about account settings, safety, best practice and more.

Ins@fe (UK Safer Internet Centre)
The UK Safer Internet Centre is where you can find e-safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe on the internet.

Childnet
Childnet is an International, a non-profit organisation working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children.

IWF
The Internet Watch Foundation is the UK Hotline for reporting criminal online content reports are confidential and can be made anonymously.

CEOP
Report abuse or grooming to CEOP is dedicated to eradicating the sexual abuse of children.

Think u Know
Do you know what to do when things go wrong online? The latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what's good, what's not and what you can do about it.

Safety Net Skips - E-Safety Guide for Parents
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Keep your child safe online - UK Government Coronavirus (COVID-19): support for parents and carers to keep children safe online

To Report Any Abuse or email Child Protection Officer

More resources

Safety Net - Staying Safe Online

SafetyNetSkips

TikTok Safety Checklist

TikTok Safety Checklist
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TikTokChecklist

Parent's guide to Cyberbullying

Parent's guide to Cyberbullying 
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Parent's Guide to Cyberbullying

Snapchat & Discord Safety Guide

Snapchat & Discord Safety Guide 
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Snapchatsafety

Discord info

Documents

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Online Safety Policy 07th Jul 2026 Download
@@HarborneAcademy02:06 PM - 13th October, 2026 Last week, Mrs Piddock and Mr Roberts flew over to Coventry with a group of students to ‘RAF in Town’, to find out about the range of careers offered by the RAF.
@@HarborneAcademy01:50 PM - 13th October, 2026 Superstars🏅🤩
@@HarborneAcademy01:48 PM - 13th October, 2026 Congratulations to this week’s stars!
@@HarborneAcademy12:26 PM - 9th October, 2026 To see what’s been happening at the academy this week, please see the link below to our weekly newsletter: eur03.safelinks.protection.o…
@@HarborneAcademy10:21 AM - 9th October, 2026 🎉 A huge well done to our Mini Mentors who raised £40 for the Year 11 Prom by selling cakes and drinks. Thank you to everyone who supported them!   
@@HarborneAcademy10:10 AM - 9th October, 2026 Wade Lyn CBE, the managing director and founder of Cleone Foods, makers of 'Island Delight' patties visited Harborne Academy to talk to year 11 this morning. Wade Lyn shared his experiences of working in the catering industry and being appointed as Honorary Consol for Jamaica.
@@HarborneAcademy09:14 AM - 8th October, 2026 A group of extremely lucky students yesterday spent the day at Birmingham Hippodrome, participating in dance and choreography workshops before going to watch the amazing ‘Sylvia’. Thank you to Birmingham Hippodrome for such a wonderful experience.
@@HarborneAcademy02:05 PM - 7th October, 2026 A group of our  Yr11 students spent a fantastic day at In-Comm Training exploring engineering apprenticeships and completing challenges. Thank you Leanne and In-Comm for such an important opportunity. 
@@HarborneAcademy10:58 AM - 7th October, 2026 We’re delighted to be working alongside our partner school in Ukraine.   Thanks to  and  , our students are exploring the pleasure of reading with young people at Kharkiv Academic Lyceum on a joint online project.  
@@HarborneAcademy10:26 AM - 6th October, 2026 Well done to our top scorers!
@@HarborneAcademy10:25 AM - 6th October, 2026 Congratulations 🌟🤩🌟
@@HarborneAcademy10:22 AM - 6th October, 2026 This week’s theme of the week.

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