Safeguarding

Online Safety in Early Years

This course provides early years practitioners, managers, and childminders with guidance on how to keep children safe in an increasingly digital world.

Each module includes a short video lesson followed by a quick quiz to check understanding.
🎥 Total running time: 36 minutes
🎓 Certificate: Awarded upon completion
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Across eight focused modules, you’ll learn how to::
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We will help you unlock your inner potential so you can excel in your professional field. Some of the benefits of our trainings are:
  • Module 1 – The EYFS and Online Safety
    Understand your safeguarding duties around online safety, the role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead, whistleblowing routes, and the key policies and procedures required to meet EYFS standards.
  • Module 2 – Risks for Early Years: Content, Contact, and Conduct
    Explore the core online risks for under-fives, including inappropriate content, online contact, and conduct issues such as imitation, exclusion, or secrecy. Learn how to identify early warning signs and respond effectively.
  • Module 3 – Everyday Risk Reduction in Early Years Settings
    Discover how to manage filtering and monitoring, minimise data risks, and create safe digital environments. Learn to pre-check apps, control permissions, and keep devices secure.
  • Module 4 – Teaching and Modelling in Early Years
    Gain practical tools for teaching young children about safe online behaviour through stories, routines, visual cues, and micro-lessons that build digital resilience and emotional literacy.
  • Module 5 – Working with Parents and Carers
    Develop consistent communication strategies to help parents apply safety measures at home, supervise online activity, and share responsibility for children’s digital wellbeing.
  • Module 6 – Professional Conduct and Social Media
    Understand your responsibilities when using devices, recording children, communicating online, or managing your digital footprint as a professional. Learn how to protect your reputation and report inappropriate conduct.
  • Module 7 – Responding to Concerns
    Identify the early signs of online harm, follow the correct reporting procedures, and know when to escalate issues internally or to external agencies such as CEOP, IWF, or the NSPCC.
  • Module 8 – Documentation and Evidence in Practice
    Ensure your setting can evidence safe culture and compliance. Learn how to record, store, and demonstrate online safety procedures for inspections and audits.

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