Online Safety News

Happy New Year - Services to Support the New School Term

A new year brings a new school term, so why not spend time taking a look at our products, services & resources to support you during this time. Discover more about some of the services we offer in this latest article.

5th January 2022

Exploring Media Literacy - What Was Discussed?

If you missed Exploring Media Literacy last week, don’t worry, we’ve compiled all the resources and topics that were discussed. Find out who spoke at the event and what information is now available.

13th December 2021

The Online Safety Countdown Begins!

Keep a close eye on our social media through December as we’ll be posting a new message every day which will include advice, resources or tools to support you with online safety. Find out more in this article.

29th November 2021

Cyberbullying Research Shows Need for More Online Safety Training

Recent cyber-bullying research conducted by the Early Intervention Foundation has shown that only a third of professionals working with adolescents were ‘equipped to help stop cyberbullying’. Find out what was found and why there is a need for more online safety training.

23rd November 2021

SWGfL Shortlisted for Two BETT Awards 2022

We were delighted to see that on Friday last week, SWGfL was shortlisted as a finalist for two BETT awards for 2022. Find out what has been put forward and when we'll know the results.

8th November 2021

New Government Strategy Launched to Combat Misinformation Online

Caroline Dinenage, Minister for Digital and Culture launched a new Online Media Literacy Strategy to help combat misinformation online. The strategy has been brought forward to support teachers, carers, youth workers and librarians in their skills to help children and young people in spotting misinformation online.

15th July 2021

Annual UK Schools Online Safety Policy and Practice Report 2021 Has Been Released

The annual UK Schools Online Safety Policy and Practice report which looks into the trends seen throughout the last year around online safety has been released. The report analyses where the strengths and weaknesses lie when it comes to online safety.

25th May 2021

Getting the most out of 360 Early Years and 360 Groups

If you are a user of the 360 tools, there are several things you can do as a user to get the most out of 360 Early Years and 360 Groups. Find out what features are available in this latest article.

26th April 2021

360 Early Years and 360 Groups to Help Children and Young People Stay Safe Online

We have now complemented the 360 tool with two other tools that are focussed on the needs of other organisations that work with children and young people, 360 Early Years and 360 Groups.

12th April 2021

360 Degree Safe Case Study – Empowering a School Community

St Bartholomew’s First School in Crewkerne has been using 360 degree safe to develop their online safety knowledge across the whole school community. Find out how it has helped them in this latest article.

15th March 2021

Important Updates to the 360 Safe Cymru Online Safety Self-Review Tool

We are pleased to announce that an updated and improved version of our award-winning online safety tool 360 safe Cymru will be launched in March. Here we detail the new features and changes that new and existing users can benefit from.

27th January 2021

New Range of 360 Tools is Launched

We have now launched the online safety self- review tool 360Groups and 360EarlyYears. Find out what new features they have and what changes are coming!

16th November 2020

SWGfL to launch new versions of Online Safety Review Tool

SWGfL has carried out significant re-development of their online self-review tool for schools and will be releasing new and more focussed versions of the tool over the coming months.

24th August 2020

Primary School Receives Record Online Safety Mark Achievement

St. Mark’s Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School becomes the first school to be awarded the Online Safety Mark for the fourth time.

15th July 2020

SWGfL Carries Out First Ever Remote Assessment for Online Safety Mark

A milestone was achieved when we carried out our first ever remote assessment for the Online Safety Mark last month. Find out how we got on and what the feedback was.

11th June 2020

Over 13,500 Schools now benefit from 360 Degree Safe 2.0

Over 13,500 schools have been successfully transferred onto 360 Degree Safe 2.0 with new members registering each week. Read the full article to see how schools across the nation have benefited.

1st June 2020