A new safeguarding app, ‘Safer Schools NI’ is now available to parents and carers in Northern Ireland.
The Safer Schools app has been offered to the Department of Education by the iNEQE Safeguarding Group’, run by Jim Gamble.
As a parent and carer, the Safer Schools NI App will help you to navigate the digital world that your children and young people live in every day. It will help by giving you the tools to protect the children and young people in your care online. We ask that all parents download the app to their smart device. A separate letter with more information / download instructions will be issued to all parents.
Did you know? 92% of children in Northern Ireland use video sharing platforms, with 53% using social media and 65% accessing messaging apps (Ofcom, 2020). If your child hasn’t already been using these platforms, they soon will be! Therefore, it's more important than ever to be aware of how to keep your child safe.
Additional information is available in our ‘Safeguarding’ section on our school website.
