The last week of term for many, but no let up for me! Ron Richards asked if I would conduct an Online Safety Mark (OSM) assessment at Prince Henry’s High School in Evesham, Worcestershire (https://www.princehenrys.worcs.sch.uk/) and complete the follow-up report before the end of this academic year. So, today, I set off early, thankfully in slightly lower temperatures than of …
One more GlosGeog event before Term 4 ends
Today, it was time for another GlosGeog event. Our thanks go to Pate’s Grammar School in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for very kindly offering to host this speaker session with Professor Kenny Lynch, Lecturer in Human Geography and based at the University of Gloucestershire. A livestream option was also organised so that those unable to make their way to the venue or …
Time to be updated!
Two years on and it was time for another Online Safety Mark Assessors Update Training; today was a hybrid version, with some in situ at the Lysaught Institute in Newport, Wales (8 individuals) and others joining online (10 people). Whilst it was lovely to see some familiar faces, it was great to meet a few new ones and do a …
Online Safety Mark (OSM) assessment, Stroud High School (SHS), Gloucestershire
Time to conduct another Online Safety Mark assessment, and in situ! Today, I was off to Stroud High School (SHS) in Gloucestershire to meet the Head Teacher, Senior Leadership Team, teachers, administrative and technical staff, students, governors and parents/carers, to assess whether they had reached the benchmark standard in all 21 aspects of the 360 degree safe self-review tool …
Online Safety Mark assessment (Hardenhuish School, Chippenham, Wiltshire)
Time for an Online Safety Mark assessment in situ … hooray! Restrictions imposed by Covid-19 over the past couple of years have meant that any Online Safety Mark assessments that I have completed have been done so virtually. However, it was great to be ‘back on the road’ again, meeting staff, governors, parents/carers and students and witnessing policy being put …
Online Safety Mark assessment goes virtual!
Like many other things over the past year, Online Safety Mark assessing is now being done virtually. This was my first remote assessment, and like several other assessors, I think that there is potential to continue offering virtual and face-to-face assessments once lockdown restrictions are lifted. No very early starts or long-distance travel for me, which was certainly a bonus, …