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Keeping children safe online (5.0)

Course Description

Gain the knowledge and confidence you need to help keep children safe in an increasingly connected online world. 

 Our online safety training will help you learn about the 4Cs framework of online risk - content, contact, conduct and commerce - helping you to understand the dangers children face online and respond with a safeguarding-focused approach. 

 Through realistic scenarios, interactive activities and reflective tasks, you'll also explore the vital role of parents, carers, schools and organisations in creating safer digital experiences.

This course will cover:

  • harmful online content, including misinformation, hate speech, pornography and radicalising content
  • the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelligence (AI)
  • supporting children to develop critical thinking and digital resilience
  • safeguarding responsibilities, policies and procedures related to online safety
  • how to identify when concerns should be escalated and know how to access additional support.


elearning £30.00
Quantity Price per person
1-9 £30.00
10-49 £27.00
50-99 £25.50
100-999 £24.00


  • Modules
      • Introduction
      • Module 1: Content
      • Module 2: Contact
      • Module 3: Conduct
      • Module 4: Commerce
      • Module 5: Engaging with parents and carers
      • Module 6: Professional and organisational safeguarding 
  • Duration

    •  It should take you about 4 hours to complete the course. 

    •  You will have access to the course for one year following purchase. You can take it as many times as you like in that time.  

  • Certificate of achievement

    • This course is CPD certified, once you've successfully completed this course you can download a personalised certificate of achievement.

  • Why take your training with NSPCC

    • At the NSPCC, we work to keep children and young people safe from abuse and neglect every day. 

    •  As experts in safeguarding and child protection, we understand the issues organisations and people working with children can face. That’s why professionals trust us to provide the support, training and resources they need to help protect the children and young people they work with. 

    •  Our highly-rated training courses are developed by experts. We work with a number of organisations, experienced consultants and subject matter experts in a range of sectors to develop courses that are clear, easy-to-use, up-to-date and in line with the latest statutory guidance, and tailored to your needs. 

    •  And as a charity, income generated from the sale of our training courses is reinvested back into the NSPCC to help protect children.

  • Technical requirements

    • Our online courses will work in most web browsers, although we recommend that you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari. We recommend installing the latest version of your web browser before beginning your course.

      Our courses are compatible with most tablet devices, however the NSPCC does not provide full technical support for tablet users. We do not support other mobile devices.

      Videos clips hosted on the video sharing site Vimeo feature in some of our courses. Video playback controls will vary and are dependent on the browser used to take the course and where the video is hosted. If you experience problems with the videos then we recommend you try taking the course in a different browser.

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      •  turning off private browsing 
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      •  permitting access to videos on Vimeo 
      •  setting the following web domain to 'trusted': https://mylearning.nspcc.org.uk 

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