Lesson 7 of 7 · 5 min · 8-card deck

Online safety in your live classroom

Protecting yourself and your pupils — recording, 1:1s, and what to escalate.

Live online lessons create new safeguarding risks that don't exist in person. Ensure you are working from a school-approved platform with logging enabled. Never message pupils on personal accounts, and never run 1:1 video sessions without a clear school protocol — usually involving recording or a third adult.

If a pupil's background reveals a safeguarding concern (e.g. signs of distress, an adult behaving inappropriately, evidence of neglect), you have a duty to report this to the Designated Safeguarding Lead, just as you would for an in-person concern. Note what you saw factually and report it the same day.

Active recall flashcards

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Practice scenario

During a lesson, a teacher hears shouting from a pupil's home and sees the pupil flinch. She continues calmly, ends the lesson normally, and within an hour has filed a safeguarding report with the DSL noting exactly what she saw and heard.

Try this in your classroom

Only use school-approved platforms with logging enabled.
Never run 1:1 video sessions outside school protocols.
Report any safeguarding concerns to the DSL the same day.
Follow recording and chat policies precisely — assume everything is reviewable.