The 360 safe online safety self-review tool is provided free of charge by SWGfL to allow schools to review and improve their online safety practice. The tool is used by over 16,000 schools across the UK with schools in Wales and Scotland having access to their own national versions of the tool – 360 safe Scotland and the 360 safe Cymru (accessed through Hwb).
Schools that are able to show strong practice by reaching the benchmark levels in the tools are able to apply for the nationally recognised Online Safety Mark .
What is the Online Safety Mark?
For their first assessment schools receive a visit from an Online Safety Mark Assessor who meets with senior leaders, teaching and support staff, governors, parents and carers and, most importantly, the learners. The Assessor verifies the information in the school’s review, celebrates the school’s successes and identifies areas for further development.
Online Safety Mark Winners
Recently the following schools have been awarded the Online Safety Mark for the first time:
Wath Academy | Rotherham |
Oak Field Primary School | Vale of Glamorgan |
Bushbury Hill Primary | Wolverhampton |
The award is valid for three years and we are pleased to congratulate the following schools on gaining the Online Safety Mark for the second time:
Hurst Hill Primary School | Dudley |
Ribblesdale School | Lancashire |
Mowmacre Hill Primary School | Leicester |
Enderby Danemill Primary School | Leicestershire |
Fossebrook Primary School | Leicestershire |
Greystoke Primary School | Leicestershire |
Merrydale Junior School | Leicestershire |
Parkland Primary School | Leicestershire |
Sileby Redlands Community Primary School | Leicestershire |
Woolden Hill Primary School | Leicestershire |
Knowles Primary School | Milton Keynes |
The Godolphin Junior Academy | Slough |
Kingfisher Primary School | Somerset |
Bantock Primary School | Wolverhampton |
The Leicester and Leicestershire schools are part of the Discovery Schools Academies Trust who have made a significant commitment for all their schools to achieve the award.
Showing an ongoing commitment to providing a high quality of online safety provision, the following schools have now been awarded the Online Safety Mark three times:
Sunnyfields Primary School | Barnet |
Billing Brook School | Northamptonshire |
Whitestone Infant School | Warwickshire |
And these schools for the fourth time, meaning that they have continuously held the award for ten years or more:
Oxford Grove Primary School | Bolton |
St Oswald's CE Primary School | Sefton |
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School | Somerset |
Ron Richards the Online Safety Mark Lead Assessor would like to congratulate these schools on their continued success. Having read all their reviews, he observed that it was very evident that the schools continue to develop and improve the online safety provision and that the leadership and delivery is more embedded in the every-day life of the school, rather than being seen as an “add on”.
With ongoing developments in digital technologies and online behaviours, it is essential that schools regularly review their online safety practice through the 360 safe tool and it is pleasing to see so many schools confirm and celebrate the quality of their practice through the award of the Online Safety Mark.
