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Don’t get caught out when it comes to pupil photos

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In the past the ICO have been known to issue reprimands, which are legal warnings, to schools for wrongly disclosing the personal data of children.

With Christmas round the corner it’s important to keep up to date on data protection law as those festive photo opportunities could lead to safeguarding concerns.

A blog by Andrew Laing, ICO Head of Data Protection Complaints, outlines two examples of this.

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Cyber Essentials for Schools

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Cyber Essentials for Schools 2There is a very concerning rise in the number of cyber attacks against schools.  These can take the form of phishing emails, malware and downloads from bogus websites, and ransomware attacks.

The Government are urging schools to take action to protect themselves against these kind of attacks.

Cyber Essentials is a government backed scheme that will help you to protect your school against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.  Most cyber attacks are made up of repeated stages that lead to a more targeted attack. These untargeted attacks exploit basic weaknesses that can be found in many schools, such as poorly configured devices, software that hasn’t been updated, and unsupported computer systems.

Becoming Cyber Essentials certified will help schools defend themselves against this type of attack. The process of putting in place the five core controls will eliminate the common security gaps that up to 80% of cyber attacks rely on. Successful certification includes free cyber liability insurance.

Sometimes, schools are unsure about where to start to prepare for Cyber Essentials, and this is where we can help you.  Please visit our Cyber Essentials page to discover downloadable free resources for schools, and contact us at [email protected] if you would like more information about how we can support you on your journey to Cyber Essentials Certification.  We can take the majority of the work away from you.

How your school can support the new KCSIE guidelines

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On the 1st September, new content was added to the Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance provided by the Department for Education (DfE).  The new section (p33, paragraphs 123 – 135) covers online safety, remote learning, filters and monitoring, information security, cyber-crime, reviewing online safety provision, and information and support:

“It is essential that children are safeguarded from potentially harmful and inappropriate online material. An effective whole school and college approach to online safety empowers a school or college to protect and educate pupils, students, and staff in their use of technology and establishes mechanisms to identify, intervene in, and escalate any concerns where appropriate.”

We have developed training to support your understanding of digital safeguarding and meet with KCSIE requirements. Webinar prices are £45 per delegate and will be delivered via Teams.  Alternatively, please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to book a whole-school training session for just £199.

For more information about our November webinars, and to book tickets via Eventbrite, please click on the links below:

Cyber Awareness Training (suitable for all staff)

Cyber Incident Response and Disaster Recovery Planning

Safeguarding in a Digital World

Getting the most out of your IT Supplier

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Online Safety Conference

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Education Data Hub’s Cyber Security Lead, Heather Toomey, will be speaking at an upcoming Online Safety Conference, hosted by Warwickshire ICT Development Service. Online Safety Conference 4
The event is in its seventh year and promises some fantastic speakers covering a wide range of online safety issues for education, and the support available for schools.
Heather will be talking about Cyber Security within the education sector and sharing advice on how you can reduce the risk of a cyber attack with guidance on recovery should the worst happen.
The online event takes place on Friday 26th November from 9am.  For more information and to enquire about buying tickets please CLICK HERE. 
Education Data Hub offers comprehensive Cyber Security training and support for all settings.  Please visit our Cyber Resilience page for lots of free and downloadable resources we have produced for schools, in partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre.

Why is CPD Important?

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Why is CPD Important? 5We believe that one of the most effective ways to improve learning outcomes for children is to ensure all staff have access to high quality professional development opportunities to remain at the cutting edge of educational provision.

The link between staff continually learning, through training, and improvements in children’s achievement are paramount in ensuring the journey to excellence continues to accelerate.

Continual Professional Development (CPD) has been shown to increase motivation and confidence when working. Learning new skills and applying them in the workplace can lead to a more stimulating and effective working environment, and it can be easier for staff to take on board new methods when they come from someone outside of the school.

Education Data Hub provides high quality training courses on a huge number of subject matters to professionals in the education sector across the country.  Training can be delivered individually or as a whole-school session.  We endeavour to supply courses and webinars that all schools and nurseries would find beneficial, however, if you think we can help you with a specific subject that we don’t yet offer then we would love to hear from you.

Please check out our list of courses here, or contact us at [email protected] for more information.

⭐️WIN PRIZES FOR YOUR SCHOOL or NURSERY⭐️

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Education Data Hub is pleased to announce the first of our service competitions, aimed at supporting settings after the challenges of the pandemic and designed to help face the dramatic increase in cyber incidents. Win our support and improve your digital safeguarding!

Nominate your chosen school or nursery via Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter to win a whole year of FREE Cyber Support or FREE Online Safety Support from our dedicated Cyber Security Service.  Nominations can be received from anyone, not just staff –  the deadline for nominations is 5th November 2021.  So please, get sharing with your school community to stand a better chance of winning!

Follow us on social media to keep updated about this competition and our other news.

1st Prize – 1 year cyber support (Online Safety / Cyber Security)

2nd Prize – Whole school cyber awareness training and resources

3rd Prize – An individual training place on the course of your choice and online safety resources

Goodie bags will be available to the next 20 settings.

 

Terms & Conditions

  1. You may enter this competition via our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn social media pages. This competition is not sponsored, administered or endorsed by any of the aforementioned social media platforms. If you are not active on social media but still want to nominate a school or nursery of your choice, please email us at [email protected] with your nomination.
  2. Derbyshire County Council’s Education Data Hub is the administrator of this competition and enquiries about it should be directed to [email protected]
  3. This competition does not collect personal data, and we will not record or retain the names of any nominees, but nominees should be aware that their account name may be visible to Education Data Hub staff.
  4. Whilst we are encouraging nominees to share and like our post to hear more from our service, this is not a pre-requisite for entry.
  5. Multiple nominations for the same school, by the same nominee, will only be counted once.
  6. The winners of the competition will be those schools with the highest number of nominations.  For those with the same number of nominations, a random draw will take place.
  7. This competition is open to residents of the UK, and any UK school or nursery may be nominated.
  8. If the winning school or setting, already purchases the services on offer they may be, at the discretion of the service, offered an alternative prize of equal value.
  9. The winners will be contacted by service staff within two weeks of the competition ending.
  10. Employees of Education Data Hub are excluded from making nominations.
  11. No purchase is required to participate.
  12. Nominations must be received by midnight on 5th November 2021.

 

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