Primary Digital Safety Service

Description of Service

This service level agreement will provide you with the support and advice of qualified and experienced staff, so that schools can be assured that they are conforming with all areas of Digital safety.

What we offer
Regular input from ‘Education Durham’ specialists and a wide range of partner organisations to ensure your current facilities and provision are fit for purpose. This input will take the form of:

• Half-termly online safety newsletter with up-to-date information around any developments, current threats and spotlights on themes.
• Termly MS Teams DPO network meetings where appropriate, to share and model new approaches and developments.
• Termly Online Safety Training One free place at each training session. These sessions focus on ensuring those working with children are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the digital landscape securely.
• Termly AI face to face network meetings An opportunity to meet and discuss how AI has been implemented in the classroom and across schools. Over the year we hope to have input from experienced users to showcase how they are currently using AI or to explore latest innovations. This will be a dynamic network that will respond to the fast-paced changes happening around AI in Education.
• One support visit per year (3-hours or equivalent) bespoke to school need.
• One free place at identified training courses. These will look at aspects of digital safety in detail:
  o Safe Online Gaming (working with parents and children)
  o Online Safety Act 2024
  o Cyberbullying
  o Data Protection and GDPR Regulations
  o New to – Data Protection Officers
  o Privacy and Safe Browsing
• One in-school visit from our Digital Safety partners for specialist advice for pupils, parents or carers on a topic from the list below: