The Online Safety Curriculum updated every summer – so you don’t have to. Complete, Age-Appropriate Online Safety & AI Education for UK Secondary Schools. Built specifically for UK secondary schools, the OSA Student Curriculum provides a structured, age-appropriate programme of online safety and AI education spanning Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, and Key Stage Read more about Updated Student Courses for 2026-27[…]

Ask secondary pupils what goes on in their group chats after 3pm, and the answers look very different from traditional online safety lessons. While plenty of classroom slides still focus on “strangers in chatrooms,” the real digital hazards facing teenagers today are peer-to-peer, automated, and running on mobile apps in private spaces. For Pastoral Leads, Read more about Sextortion, Group Chats & Deepfakes: What’s Actually Happening on Pupil Phones in 2026[…]

Every September, school leaders ask the same question: What changed, and what do we actually need to do? For 2026, the answer is tricky. Generative AI, phone scams, and rapidly evolving apps mean keeping school safety policies up to date takes far more work than it used to. Here is what the updated Keeping Children Read more about KCSIE 2026: What Every DSL Needs to Know About Online Safety This Year[…]

Artificial intelligence is now a normal part of daily life for most young people. For schools, this creates two distinct challenges: helping pupils use AI tools safely and responsibly for their learning, while also protecting them from the newer safeguarding risks these technologies bring. Here is how we address both sides of AI across our Read more about How OSA Combines Functional AI Skills with Safeguarding Resilience[…]

Prefer to listen to our podcast on this topic? Please play the link below. Cyber-Attacks on UK Schools: An Escalating Threat Demanding Urgent Action The UK education sector is facing an unprecedented surge in cyber-attacks, with schools, colleges, and universities increasingly falling victim to ransomware, phishing schemes, and financial fraud. These attacks not only disrupt Read more about Cybersecurity Threats to Schools[…]

Prefer to listen to our podcast on this topic? Please play the link below. The UK’s online safety regulator, Ofcom, has taken a significant step forward in enforcing the Online Safety Act by publishing its first Codes of Practice to tackle illegal online harms. These new regulations set out clear expectations for online platforms, search Read more about Ofcom Publishes First Online Safety Act Codes of Practice[…]