adult material which potentially breaches the Obscene Publications Act criminally racist material promotion of terrorism or extremism other criminal conduct, activity or materials Isolate the computer in question as best you can. Any change to its state may hinder a later police investigation. It is important that all of the above steps are taken as they will provide an evidence trail for the school and possibly the police and demonstrate that visits to these sites were carried out for safeguarding purposes. The completed form should be retained by the group for evidence and reference purposes. School / Academy Actions & Sanctions It is more likely that the school / academy will need to deal with incidents that involve inappropriate rather than illegal misuse. It is important that any incidents are with as soon as possible in a proportionate manner, and that members of the school community are aware that incidents have been dealt with. It is intended that incidents of misuse will be dealt with through normal behaviour / disciplinary procedures as follows: Actions / Sanctions re action other rights / for exclusion Year access / staff / tutor Principal / internet / / detention support etc. Department eg carers / of teacher network security technical of Head Police class / Headteacher sanction parents to to to to to Students / Pupils Incidents Warning Refer Refer Refer Refer Removal Further filtering Inform Deliberately accessing or trying to access material that be considered illegal (see list in earlier section on X X X x x x unsuitable / inappropriate activities). Unauthorised use of non-educational sites during lessons x x x
adult material which potentially breaches the Obscene Publications Act criminally racist material promotion of terrorism or extremism other criminal conduct, activity or materials Isolate the computer in question as best you can. Any change to its state may hinder a later police investigation. It is important that all of the above steps are taken as they will provide an evidence trail for the school and possibly the police and demonstrate that visits to these sites were carried out for safeguarding purposes. The completed form should be retained by the group for evidence and reference purposes. School / Academy Actions & Sanctions It is more likely that the school / academy will need to deal with incidents that involve inappropriate rather than illegal misuse. It is important that any incidents are with as soon as possible in a proportionate manner, and that members of the school community are aware that incidents have been dealt with. It is intended that incidents of misuse will be dealt with through normal behaviour / disciplinary procedures as follows: Actions / Sanctions Students / Pupils Incidents Refer to class teacher / tutor Refer to Head of Department / Year / other to Headteacher / Principal Refer to Police Refer to technical support staff for action re filtering / security etc. Inform parents / carers Removal of network / internet access rights Warning Further sanction eg detention / exclusion Deliberately accessing or trying to access material that be considered illegal (see list in earlier section on unsuitable / inappropriate activities). X X X x x x Unauthorised use of non-educational sites during lessons x x x
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