If you need to enquire about or report an online safety concern, tell a trusted adult or contact the school. You can speak to one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), Cat Rivera or James Mansell, or our Online Safety Lead (OSL), Cat Rivera, by telephoning 01728 746387 or emailing epsadmin@eps.eastmat.org.

The CEOP Safety Centre can be used to report concerns about online sexual abuse or grooming. It is not the reporting route for every type of online incident. If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Other harmful online material can usually be reported using the reporting tools provided by the app, game or website, or through Report Harmful Content.

Report Remove

Report Remove is a confidential Childline service for young people under 18 in the UK who are worried that a sexual image or video of themselves has been shared online. It can help them report the image and take steps to have it removed.
Report Remove

At Easton Primary School, we recognise that the online world is an important part of children's lives: a place where they can learn, create, communicate and have fun. Alongside these opportunities, children need the knowledge and skills to recognise risks, make safe choices and know when and how to ask for help.

We teach children about online safety using the 4Cs: Content, Contact, Conduct and Commerce. This reflects the approach set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026.

Content – what we see online

Children may come across material that is upsetting, inappropriate, misleading or simply untrue. This can include misinformation, fake news and images, videos or text created or altered using artificial intelligence. Children learn that realistic-looking content is not necessarily genuine and that important information should be checked against reliable sources.

Contact – who or what we interact with online

Children can communicate not only with other people but increasingly with computer systems such as generative-AI chat tools and chatbots. These systems may sound friendly and convincing but do not think or understand things in the same way as a person, and the information they give may be incorrect or inappropriate. Children should never share private or personal information with strangers or AI services and should tell a trusted adult if an online conversation makes them worried or uncomfortable.

Conduct – how we behave online

Children are expected to behave kindly and responsibly online just as they would face to face. We teach pupils about cyberbullying, protecting passwords and personal information, respecting other people's privacy and thinking carefully before creating or sharing photographs, messages or videos. This includes AI-generated or digitally altered images and 'deepfakes': children should never create or share manipulated images intended to embarrass, deceive or harm another person.

Commerce – money, advertising and scams

Games, apps, messages and websites may encourage children to spend money or share information. Pupils learn to recognise advertising, in-app purchases, fake competitions, suspicious links, phishing and other online scams. They are encouraged to stop and check with a trusted adult whenever something online asks for money, account details or personal information.

KCSIE 2026 specifically identifies misinformation and disinformation under Content, interaction with generative AI under Contact, AI-generated images under Conduct, and phishing and financial scams under Commerce.

Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI can be a useful tool for learning and creativity, but it also presents new challenges. AI systems can sometimes produce inaccurate or completely false information while presenting it confidently as fact. They can also generate realistic-looking text, photographs, voices and videos.
We teach pupils to:

• check AI-generated information rather than automatically believing it;
• consider who created something and why;
• recognise that photographs, audio and videos can be altered or artificially generated;
• protect their personal information and never enter sensitive information into an AI tool;
• use AI responsibly, kindly and honestly; and
• tell an adult if AI-generated content worries, confuses or upsets them.

The DfE advises schools that pupil-facing generative AI requires particular care around safeguarding, data protection, misinformation and children's privacy.

At Home

As a parent, you'll know how important the internet is to children. They use it to learn, play, socialise and express themselves, and it offers enormous opportunities for creativity and discovery. Technology also develops quickly, however, and children may encounter risks including cyberbullying, inappropriate content, strangers, misinformation, scams and misuse of personal information.

Some useful conversation starters are:

• Ask your child which websites, games and apps they enjoy and what they like doing on them.
• Ask what they would do if something online made them worried, frightened or uncomfortable.
• Talk about what information is safe to share and what should remain private.
• Ask how they can tell whether something they see online is trustworthy.
• Talk about AI-generated images and videos and why seeing something is no longer always proof that it really happened.
• Ask whether they know how to block or report another user and where to find privacy and safety settings.
• Encourage children to ask an adult before making purchases, clicking unfamiliar links or responding to unexpected messages.
• Talk regularly rather than waiting until something goes wrong.

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Mobile Phones, Smartwatches and Connected Devices

Mobile phones, smartwatches and other connected or wearable devices can provide useful functions but may also allow messaging, internet access, photography, recording or the sharing of personal and location information.

Pupils should not use personal mobile phones or connected devices during the school day except where an agreed exception applies, for example a documented medical need.
Where an exception is required, arrangements should be agreed with the school in advance. Children should also understand that devices capable of taking photographs, making recordings or sending messages must never be used in a way that compromises another person's privacy or safety.

The DfE's statutory guidance states that schools should be mobile-phone-free environments by default and that the principle also applies to other smart technology with comparable communication or recording functions.

At School

We strongly believe that access to digital technology and the internet is an important part of children's education. It enables pupils to research, communicate, create and develop the skills they need for life in an increasingly digital world.

We also recognise our responsibility to safeguard pupils from harmful and inappropriate online material. The school therefore uses appropriate filtering and monitoring systems across school networks and internet-connected devices. These systems are intended to reduce exposure to harmful material while ensuring that appropriate educational content remains available.

Filtering and monitoring are only part of our approach. They support, rather than replace, effective supervision, safeguarding education and the professional judgement of staff. Provision is reviewed at least once each academic year, including consideration of changing technology and risks such as dynamically generated and AI-generated content. 

Online safety is taught throughout the curriculum rather than treated as a single lesson or event. Pupils learn progressively about issues including:

• privacy and personal information;
• passwords and account security;
• healthy and respectful online relationships;
• cyberbullying and reporting concerns;
• reliable information and misinformation;
• scams and suspicious messages;
• artificial intelligence and AI-generated content;
• photographs, video, deepfakes and consent;
• social media, games and online communication; and
• safe and responsible use of connected technology.

At the start of the school year, classes revisit our expectations for safe and responsible use of technology. Children in KS2 sign an Acceptable Use Agreement, and an age-appropriate agreement is used with younger pupils.

Please view the Trust Online Safety Policy (Currently Under Review) for further information, including our Acceptable Use Agreements.