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Online safety
Behind the numbers in the RM safeguarding workshop at the CST Annual Conference
The recent Confederation of School Trusts Annual Conference included a workshop hosted by RM. Titled “Safeguarding Learners in a digital age: what trust leaders need to know”. It featured...
Online safety
Age-appropriate internet filtering: how to balance protection with educational access
It's 10am on a Tuesday. A Year 11 history class is researching the Holocaust, but the filtering system is blocking legitimate educational sites. Meanwhile, a Year 7 pupil with SEND has become so...
Online safety
RM SafetyNet Go
The RM SafetyNet Development Team has been working hard over the last couple of months to ensure the Google Manifest V3 update is applied to both the Chrome and Edge SafetyNet Go Extensions. What is...
DfE standards
Online safety
A school and trust leaders' guide to the DfE filtering and monitoring standards
The Department for Education (DfE)’s new standards for digital filtering and monitoring will mean a change of emphasis for academy trusts. Here’s what you need to know. On October 22nd, 2024, the...