Letter from the Headteacher
Important information for Parent/Carers
RE: Children using age-inappropriate Social Media
Dear parents and carers,
This letter is to inform you of important changes to our rules.
It has come to our attention that children in the school have been using age-inappropriate social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram and TikTok. All of these platforms have age restrictions far higher than primary school aged children.
These age restrictions are in place for good reasons. Every year at our school we have witnessed distressing and dangerous use of social media where children have been using bad language, making threats and bullying others. Whilst this problem is a country-wide issue, we have decided to take a strong stance on this matter.
From next week (Monday 18th May) the school will be placing a ban on this usage of age-inappropriate Apps. We cannot do this alone without your support. I have spoken to many parents about this issue in the last few weeks and I have received a great deal of support for this move.
From Monday 18th May 2026, any child found to be on age-inappropriate chat groups (whether the conversations are positive or not) will receive an automatic sanction.
We have spent a great deal of time in recent years dealing with the consequences of online bullying and inappropriate behaviour. We have witnessed children’s mental health and well-being and, in some cases children severely negatively affected in many ways.
I would ask all parents to support this decision as we have your children’s safety and well-being at heart. In the meantime, I advise all parents to keep a close eye on their children’s online usage.
Thank you all for your continued support.
Yours sincerely
Chris Harrison
Headteacher
