E Safety & ICT Policy

Last Updated – 28/08/26

(Annually Reviewed)

This policy sets out how One Nation Studios safeguards children and young people online, including when using AP setting owned devices, networks, cloud services, and when learning remotely. It applies to students, staff, volunteers, contractors, and visitors using the AP setting IT systems or personal devices on site.

The internet is used at One Nation Studios to raise educational standards, to promote student achievement, to support the professional work of staff, and to enhance One Nation Studios’ management functions. Technology is advancing rapidly and is now a huge part of everyday life, education, and business. We want to equip our students with all the necessary ICT skills that they will need to enable them to progress confidently into a professional working environment and/or further study.

Learners are encouraged to access internet resources as part of their education at One Nation Studios. We recognize that children and young people may expose themselves to danger, whether knowingly or unknowingly, when using the internet. We therefore recognize our responsibility to educate our students about appropriate behaviour when using the internet and the importance of engendering strong critical thinking skills to enable students to remain both safe and within the law when using the internet.

Legal & Statutory Framework

  • ● Safeguarding: We have regard to KCSIE 2025; online safety is embedded within our safeguarding culture and policies.
  • ● Multi‐agency working: Aligns with Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.
  • ● Prevent Duty: We meet statutory Prevent duty to reduce risks of radicalisation.
  • ● Filtering & Monitoring: We meet DfE’s Filtering and Monitoring Standards.
  • ● Data Protection: We comply with UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.
  • ● Children’s Code: We ensure edtech and online services apply high‐privacy defaults.

Scope
The e-Safety Policy is part of, and relates to other policies including those for;

● Behaviour Policy

● Safeguarding Children & Young People Policy

● GDPR

SEND‐Specific Principles
We recognize learners with SEND may face heightened online risks and require adapted teaching, accessible content, and enhanced supervision.

Roles and Responsibilities


CEO

The CEO has overall responsibility for internet safety and acts as our e-Safety Coordinator.
DSL
Strategic responsibility for online safety.
SENCo
Ensures individual risk assessments reflect online risks.

Students

Follow AUPs and seek help if worried.
Staff
Staff at One Nation Studios are responsible for overseeing the use of the internet and email by students on premises. Staff model safe behaviour and report concerns.
Parents
Engage with guidance and support safe use at home.
Personal devices
Student phones and any other electronic devices, including smart watches are collected at the start of each day and handed back at the end of the day.
Staff use AP setting issued laptops, and personal phones are limited to staff-to-staff communication only. Any parental communication with staff is achieved through work phones only.


Using the internet to enhance learning
One Nation Studios’s internet access is designed to enhance and extend education. Staff guide students to online activities that support the learning outcomes planned for the students’ age and ability. Students also need to learn digital literacy skills and to refine their own publishing and communications with others via the Internet. Therefore:

● Staff always supervise students when they are accessing electronic devices. Students are
never left unattended with a laptop, iPad or other electronic device.

● Developing effective practice in using the internet for teaching and learning is essential.

● Students are taught what internet use is acceptable and what is not and given clear objectives
for Internet use.

● Students are educated in the effective use of the internet in research, including the skills of
knowledge location, retrieval, and evaluation.

● Strong filters are in place and reviewed regularly.

● Staff ensure that students log in to laptops, iPads and other devices via their personal student logins that are unique to each student.

● Passwords are kept in a central location in SharePoint for staff, but not students, may access.

● Any work that students complete is saved to their secure account.

● All staff receive induction and regular refreshers on online safety.

e-mail

● Students are not permitted to access personal accounts, including social media accounts in school.

Intellectual property

  • ● Respect for copyright and intellectual property rights, and the correct use of published material is taught through English lessons and reinforced in all areas of learning.
  • ● Students are taught to acknowledge the source of information used and to respect copyright when using internet material in their own work.
  • ● One Nation Studios staff use methods to detect plagiarism
  • ● One Nation Studios ensures copying and subsequent use of internet-derived materials by staff
    and students to comply with copyright law.

Handling e-Safety Complaints
Complaints of student internet misuse will be dealt with by the CEO at One Nation Studios. Any complaint about staff misuse must be referred to the CEO. Complaints regarding safeguarding must be dealt with in accordance with One Nation Studios’ Safeguarding Policy.
Students and parents will be informed of the Complaints Policy, which is available on One Nation Studios’s website.