You search your pupils’ names online and realise that many have

open profiles or open photo albums on social networking

sites. Many have lied about their age.

A pupil mentions to you that a well known footballer has accepted their

friend request on a social networking site.

An anonymous pupil creates a Facebook profile pretending to

be a teacher and adds other staff members as friends, who accept

the request.

You come across a discussion thread on a well known parents’ forum and find that parents are openly discussing the school and have mentioned staff members

by name.

A member of staff comes across a group of pupils who are looking at sexually explicit images on a device that has been brought into school.

A Facebook homework group is set up by class members,

however unpleasant comments have been made about another pupil. Many of your pupils have

‘liked’ these comments.

A pupil comes to you and says that he is being bullied online. He has

been using a question and answer site and has received threatening and abusive comments. Some of those who have commented are

doing so anonymously but the pupil believes them to be class mates.

Some pupils see a teacher reprimanding another pupil and

record the incident on their phones. The video is uploaded to

You Tube.

A pupil has circulated an indecent image of another pupil around the school, of

which staff are not aware. The parents of the child in the photo come to school the next day demanding that

action is taken.

Pupils who are about to leave the school are keen to keep in touch with their teacher. They ask to exchange email addresses and

contact details.

Staff members celebrate a night out and photos are uploaded

online. The album is shared with friends only, but some staff

members tagged in the photos are good friends with several

parents, who now have access to the pictures.