National Online Safety Guides

Helpful Guides from National Online Safety

The experts at National Online Safety have created a multitude of useful guides to help parents understand different platforms, apps and how their child might be using them; new guides are published regularly.

There are ‘What you need to know’ guides on age-appropriate gaming, YouTube, Tumblr, Tik-Tok, FIFA20, Call of Duty, Fortnite, Nintendo Switch, ‘What parents need to know about Facebook’ and many more.


Additional eSafety support is available on our 'eSafety for Parents' and 'eSafety for Students' pages.


A number are available to download below or alternatively follow this link to sign up to National Online Safety which gives you access to all their information guides.

Whats App - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
Adopting Safe & Healthy Online Habits
Helping Children Deal with Upsetting Content
10 Ways Gaming Can Support Positive Outcomes
Tips for Encouraging Open Discussions about Digital Lives
Building Cyber Resilience at Home
Social Networking- Amino - What you need to know
Artificial Inteligence - Virtual Friends - the positives & negatives
Social Media & Mental Health
Social Media - Twitter - What are the risks?
Social Media - HiPal - What are the risks?
Smart Watches - Ten Top Tips for safely using Smartwatches
How to Combat Online Bullying Online - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
Call of Duty - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
Overwatch2 - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
World of Warcraft - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
Online Content - 10 tips to keep children safe online
Group Chats - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
Supporting Children's Mental Health - Conversation Starters
Trolling and Online Abuse - What You Need to Know
Online Gaming to Gambling - What You Need to Know
Social Media Pressures - Likes - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
Social Media Pressures - Appearance - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
Social Media Pressures - Friends & Followers - What Parents & Carers Need to Know
Social Media Pressures - Influencers - What Parents & Carers Need to Know