Online Safety in Schools
An online safety course covering the risks children face today, from AI-generated images to cyberbullying, and how school staff can recognise, respond and act with confidence.
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Self-paced learning and 100% online
Available in multiple languages
Developed by safeguarding and education experts
What You’ll Learn
This practical online safety course is for teachers and school staff who need to keep children safe in a digital world that keeps changing. Rather than a technical primer, it puts your team into realistic scenarios and decisions drawn from documented incidents in international schools, and updates them on the online threats that have grown fastest. In around 90 minutes, staff cover the shape of online risk today, tackle current threats such as AI-generated images and online sextortion, and complete a scenario-based assessment, earning a CPD-certified certificate for your compliance records.
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Frame the risks - online safety as safeguarding, the four Cs framework, and the four Rs of noticing and referring.
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AI risks, covered - deepfakes, nudify apps, AI companion chatbots, and how ordinary school photographs are now being misused.
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Online exploitation - how grooming works today, the three forms of sextortion, and the five golden rules of response.
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Cyberbullying and wellbeing - what it looks like, the toll it takes on mental health, and how to respond in ways that protect and support.
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A whole-school approach - the five pillars, practical policies for images and staff conduct, and how to raise a concern about a colleague.
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Rigorous assessment - six scenario-based questions covering all five content modules, with a 75% pass mark and three attempts.
Approx. 2 hours
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Course Curriculum
Why This Course Matters
Online safety knowledge dates faster than any other part of safeguarding, and the risks keep changing. This course keeps your whole team alert, consistent and compliant; evidences your school's commitment to online child protection for inspection and accreditation; and ensures no one is relying on training from before the AI landscape shifted. Short enough to complete in one sitting, rigorous enough to make people think.
