Online Safety Report: A Pupil’s Perspective

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Overview

Published in 2018, Digital Schoolhouse's report, Online Safety: A Pupil's Perspective, explores pupils' perceptions of online safety in education and at home. Written by Shahneila Saeed, Programme Director of Digital Schoolhouse, with contribution from Dr Andrew Csizmadia of Newman University, the Online Safety report report surveyed over 2,000 pupils on their perceptions of e-safety in education and at home. It has some insightful findings on just how much children really know about e-safety whether playing video games, chatting online or using social media.

Key Findings

• 90 percent of pupils recognized that e-safety is an issue of importance
• Only 2 percent of pupils said they had no confidence at all in their own ability to stay safe
• 77 percent of pupils know where to find information on how to play games safely and responsibly
• 80 percent of students who play games online know where to find information on playing safely and responsibly, compared to 59 per cent of those that don’t play games online
• Only 19 percent of students said that their parents set limits about their time spent online and actually enforced it. 35 per cent of students said there were no limits at all
• 63 percent of parents talk to their children about staying safe online

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The full report is available via the Digital Schoolhouse website.