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• Ensure you lock your screen before moving away from your computer during your normal working
day to protect any personal, sensitive, confidential or otherwise classified data and to prevent
unauthorised access

• Ensure that you logoff from the PC completely when you are going to be away from the computer for
a longer period of time
• Do not introduce or propagate viruses
• It is imperative that you do not access, load, store, post or send from school ICT any material that is,
or may be considered to be, illegal, offensive, libellous, pornographic, obscene, defamatory,
intimidating, misleading or disruptive to the school or may bring the school or HCC into disrepute.

This includes, but is not limited to, jokes, chain letters, files, emails, clips or images that are not part
of the school’s business activities; sexual comments or images, nudity, racial slurs, gender specific
comments, or anything that would offend someone on the basis of their age, sexual orientation,
religious or political beliefs, national origin, or disability (in accordance with the Sex Discrimination
Act, the Race Relations Act and the Disability Discrimination Act)
• Any information held on School systems, hardware or used in relation to School business may be

subject to The Freedom of Information Act
• Where necessary, obtain permission from the owner or owning authority and pay any relevant fees
before using, copying or distributing any material that is protected under the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1998
• It is essential that any hard drives which may have held personal or confidential data are ‘scrubbed’
in way that means the data can no longer be read. It is not sufficient to simply delete the files or

reformat the hard drive. Whoever you appoint to dispose of the equipment must provide a written
guarantee that they will irretrievably destroy the data by multiple over writing the data.

Teaching and Learning: Internet use is part of the curriculum and a necessary tool for learning. The
Internet is a part of everyday life for education, business and social interaction. Pupils use the Internet
widely outside school and need to learn how to evaluate Internet information and to take care of their
own safety and security. E-safety is a focus in all areas of the curriculum and key e-safety messages

are reinforced regularly, teaching pupils about the risks of Internet use, how to protect themselves and
their peers from potential risks, how to recognise suspicious, bullying or extremist behaviour and the
consequences of negative online behaviour.

Staff should be vigilant in lessons where pupils use the Internet. If staff allow the use of mobile devices
in their lessons, they must ensure that they are used in line with school policy. Staff will be provided
with sufficient e-safety training to protect pupils and themselves from online risks and to deal

appropriately with e-safety incidents when they occur. Ongoing staff development training includes
training on online safety, together with specific safeguarding issues including cyberbullying and
radicalisation. The frequency, level and focus of such training will depend on individual roles and
requirements

The school’s Internet access is designed to enhance and extend education. Pupils will be taught what
Internet use is acceptable and what is not and given clear guidelines for Internet use. Access levels
reflect the curriculum requirements and age of pupils. Staff should guide pupils to on-line activities that

will support the learning outcomes planned for the pupils’ age and maturity. Pupils are taught to be

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Rasami British International School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students
and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is our aim that all students fulfil their potential.