Welsh Government guidance
These Welsh Government guidance documents are relevant to practitioners and professionals working with children and young people in an education or childcare setting.
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Digital resilience strategy and guidance
These Welsh Government documents aim to support the development and review of online safety policies and procedures as an integral part of everyday safeguarding practice. General online safety information and advice is available as well as support with specific issues.
Enhancing digital resilience in education: an action plan to protect children and young people online
Our commitments for keeping children and young people safe online and information on progress the Welsh Government is making against each strategic action.
Guidance for governing bodies
Online safety: 5 key questions for governing bodies to help challenge their schools and colleges to effectively safeguard their learners
Guidance on what governors should look for when reviewing the school or college’s online safety policies and procedures and support available.
Cyber security in schools: questions for governing bodies and management committees
Guidance for governing bodies and management committees to help improve a school's understanding of its cyber security risks. See also the 'Cyber response plan for schools' for information on how to prepare and respond to cyber incidents.
Guidance for schools
Generative AI: keeping learners safe online
Guidance for schools on safeguarding concerns around generative AI and how to include them as part of safeguarding practice and policy.
Practices and principles for schools' use of social media
Guidance to support schools and education settings in Wales to plan their approach to using social media in a safe, professional and positive way as part of school communications.
Live-streaming safeguarding principles and practice for education practitioners
Key considerations for safe practice when live-streaming if required to support remote learning.
Sharing nudes and semi-nudes: responding to incidents and safeguarding children and young people
Guidance aimed at the designated safeguarding person (DSP), headteachers and senior leadership teams on how to respond to an incident of sharing nudes or semi-nudes.
Advice for schools on preparing for responding to viral online harmful challenges and hoaxes
Guidance for schools on understanding and responding carefully to online viral challenges and hoaxes to ensure learners are kept safe online.
Challenging victim blaming language and behaviours when dealing with the online experiences of children and young people
Guidance aimed at all school staff to help with understanding, recognising and responding to victim blaming language and behaviour within their settings.
Responding to online reputational issues and harassment directed at schools and school staff
Guidance for schools on how to respond to online reputational issues including negative discourse about the school or school staff online.
Guidance for early years settings
Online safety toolkit for early years practitioners
This toolkit includes guidance and exemplar policies and templates that can be amended to meet the needs of the provision.
Early Years practitioners: using cyber security to protect your settings
Information on how to protect sensitive information about your setting and the children in your care.
Related safeguarding guidance
Keeping learners safe
Statutory safeguarding in education guidance provides information for local authorities and governing bodies on their duties and advice on arrangements that should be in place to safeguard children. Section 7 specifically relates to keeping learners safe and secure online.
Rights, Respect, Equality
Statutory guidance for both governing bodies of maintained schools and local authorities to help address and prevent bullying in education settings in Wales.
All Wales practice guides
Procedures to guide safeguarding practice for use in conjunction with the Wales Safeguarding Procedures.