Resources for Education

Online Safety Policy Templates for Schools

Download Online Safety Policy templates for your school

Social Media Checklists

Downloadable booklets to guide you through your profile settings

So You Got Naked Online

A resource that offers strategies to support the issues resulting from sexting incidents

Safe Remote Learning

Access our guides to help your school learn remotely

GDPR Guidance for Schools and Colleges

Data protection (GDPR) advice and guidance for schools and colleges to use alongside existing policies

Password Management & Security Guide

A free resource explaining how to create strong passwords

Online Safety Podcast

Official SWGfL online safety podcast

Online Welfare Advice Packs for University Students

Promoting online welfare, encouraging students to create a positive online presence

Phishing Tackle

Our comprehensive guide to spotting and stopping phishing attacks

Online Safety Guidance for Parents

A downloadable resource for parents

Let's Talk About Porn

Teaching Resource Year 10's

Responding to & Managing Sexting Incidents

This guidance aims to help schools identify sexting incidents, manage them and escalate appropriately

How to protect children from online extremism

Top tips on how to protect children from online extremism

12 Vital Information Security Steps

These are twelve key steps you can take to get information security fundamentals in place

Local Safeguarding Children's Board Self Review Tool

A tool to help Local Authorities or Local Safeguarding Children's Board's develop Online Safety provision across their organisations that work with children

Young People and Screentime - A Good Start

Resources for parents and carers to help children get off to a good start using digital devices

Ask.fm Online Guidance

Have more control over your Ask.fm profile and what to do when things go wrong

Who Wnts 2 No?

It's fun, it's educational and it's written by two best selling children's authors

With Friends Like These

Raising awareness in young people of the consequences of sharing and publishing images of others

A Guide to Facebook's Family of Apps for Schools

This short guide aims to provide advice and guidance to school leadership on how to help staff use Facebook’s family of apps in a safe, professional and positive way.

DfE Laptop Programme

Essential reading for parents, carers or social workers who are interested in online safety taking part in the DfE laptop programme

Back to School Pack

Start the new school year right, with essential resources from SWGfL

Online Safety Calendar

Plan the new school year with the SWGfL calendar, giving you a range of important dates and helpful resources.

Preparing for, Preventing, and Managing Incidents Involving Online and Offline Violence

In response to rumours circulating on and offline about real world violence, we would like to remind educational establishments about the role they can play to help prevent and manage incidents.