Help & advice for all teachers and professionals parents and carers 4–11 year olds 11–18 year olds

As they transition from childhood to adulthood, developmental factors can bring a tendency to seek new sensations, take risks and explore their emerging sexuality, while their vulnerability to peer pressure and possible lack of understanding of sex and relationship can place them at greater risk of engaging in sexting.

Reporting is a fantastic positive step to take to keep everyone safe

Playing games with your online friends can be great fun, but sometimes they can do and say things which aren’t so nice.

Children and young people associated with gangs are in general extremely vulnerable.

If you have concerns a child is involved in a gang, those concerns are not necessarily proof, so it’s important to proceed in an open and non-judgemental way in order to gain further insight.

This type of online behaviour is typically being played out in front of an engaged and active audience of peers made up of fellow and rival gang members and bystanders.

Members of gangs may use social media to post threats or taunts to rival gangs.

‘Drill’ is a form of music that originated in Chicago and has become popular in UK.

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