Services
Online Safety ReviewThe 360 Degree Safe Online Safety Mark has three schemes:
- 360° Safe (for Schools)
- 360° Early Years
- 360° Groups (e.g. after school clubs, sports clubs, holidays schemes etc).
These are available to nurseries, schools and colleges, as well as voluntary groups, and are referenced in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) Annexe C.
Our team can provide support to assess and complete any of these 360° submissions.
This will include a half-day review with an accredited Online Safety Mark Assessor, who will provide an objective assessment of the setting’s overall level of online safeguarding maturity and provide advice on improving current e-safety provision.
This review will help you prepare for your Online Safety Mark submission to gain this prestigious and nationally recognised accreditation.
Online Safety ConsultancyOur Online Safety consultants can support your setting in assessing your current online safety provision, reduce the risks to your school community, and support you in improving digital safeguarding. Our staff come from educational backgrounds, with extensive experience of online safety issues, trained by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command, and with close links to Safer Derbyshire and Derbyshire Cyber Protect Officers.
360° Online Safety MarkProviding support to assess and complete the 360° Online Safety Mark application.
The prestigious 360° Online Safety Mark evidences your ability to protect your pupils, staff and stakeholders.
This online safety award compares 28 different aspects of online safety within the school environment against a set of national standards, helping you to evidence your commitment to safeguarding in school and in the digital realm.
360° Safe (for schools)
The 360 degree safe self-review tool is free to use and is intended to help schools review their online safety policy and practice.
It provides:
- Information that can influence the production or review of online safety policies and develop good practice.
- A process for identifying strengths and weaknesses.
- Log sources of evidence, comments, and action points within your account.
- Opportunities for commitment and involvement from the whole school.
- Support and guidance to move from a basic level of provision for online safety to practice that is aspirational and innovative.
- Easily compiled reports to share with stakeholders and staff.
The tool encourages collaborative use, with immediate feedback and suggested actions to help your progression. You can also compare and benchmark your responses with other users of the online tool.
For more information visit: https://360safe.org.uk/
Our Online Safety Review or Online Safety Consultancy services offer help and support in understanding these tools further or in completing your submission.
360° Early Years
360 Early Years is a simple tool that allows settings to review and improve their online safety practice for the benefit of the setting itself and for the children, staff/volunteers, and families.
It is suitable for any setting that works with pre-school children. There are related tools for use by formal schools – 360 degree safe and for other organisations that work with school age children.
360 Early Years is a free, powerful tool designed by award-winning online safety experts, that simplifies a difficult task. It allows you to review your online safety policies and practice, compare these to other settings, suggests improvement actions, and points to good practice resources.
For more information visit: https://360earlyyears.org.uk/
Our Online Safety Review or Online Safety Consultancy services offer help and support in understanding these tools further or in completing your submission.
360° Groups
360 Groups is a simple tool that allows groups and organisations to review and improve their online safety practice for the benefit of the group itself and for the members, children, staff/volunteers, and families.
It is for any group/organisation that works with children and young people. This might include breakfast clubs, holiday schemes, youth groups, faith groups, sports clubs, libraries, uniformed organisations, and a whole host of other such organisations.
360 Groups is a free, powerful tool designed by award-winning online safety experts, that simplifies a difficult task. It allows you to review your online safety policies and practice, compare these to other groups, suggests improvement actions and points to good practice resources.
For more information visit: https://360groups.org.uk/
Our Online Safety Review or Online Safety Consultancy services offer help and support in understanding these tools further or in completing your submission.
Downloads
Downloadable booklets to help guide you through your profile settings on various platforms. Created by the SWGfL and the UK Safer Internet Centre in collaboration.
A list of fantastic links and resources for online safety.
The Online Safety Bill establishes a new regulatory framework to tackle harmful content online.
This resources provides you with more information about the draft bill and its relevance to schools.
The full document is available here: Draft Online Safety Bill (publishing.service.gov.uk)
Digital safeguarding is more than just online safety. It encompasses the way services are designed, procured, run, accessed and managed.
This resource provides more information about the 5 Rights and the requirements of the Age Appropriate Design Code.
For the full code please refer to: age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services-2-1.pdf (ico.org.uk)