E-safety policies, guidance and report forms
produced by Northumberland County Council

Schools are expected to have, as a minimum, Acceptable Use Policies for Staff and Pupils along with an e-safety policy.

In additional Computer Services have produced a number of exemplar policies which schools need to consider in order to determine their appropriateness for their establishment and circumstances.

A link to the exemplar materials is available on the cd-rom.

• Confidentiality Agreement
• Data Protection Policy
• Data Protection Code of Practice
• Email Policy
• Infosec Policy
• Internet Policy
• Mobile Computing Policy
• Physical Entry Controls & Secure Areas Policy
• Reporting Security Incidents Procedure
• Transportation of Data Policy
• Guidance on the use of pupil images
  • In school, we would strongly advise you to follow the NSCB policy above. However, outside, non-school, events would be considered public events and as such photography of children would usually be allowed within the normal constraints of the law, see: http://www.sirimo.co.uk/2009/05/14/uk-photographers-rights-v2 (external link)
• Reporting an e-safety incident - flowchart
• School's e-safety Incident Report Template
• NCC Information Security Event Report Form
• General principles on Creating an Acceptable Use Policy
• AUPs in context: Establishing safe and responsible online behaviours (produced by Becta)