Inverurie Academy Digital Learning Group

In an increasingly digital world, Inverurie Academy aims to prepare our young people as fully as possible for Digital Life and Work and Learning, in a safe and secure environment, while promoting the schools values as they apply to our digital lives.

Our work in this area is overseen by the Digital Learning Group, including staff parent and pupil represenation.

All users of Inverurie Academy’s IT resources, (Hardware, Software, and Bandwidth) are expected to Agree to our Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP).  Acceptable Use IT.  There is an additional AUP and conditions for staff.

We keep a log of online safety incidents for review by the Digital Learning Group in order to learn from these incidents and further improve the online safety of our school community.

Any member of our community is encouraged to report or flag up online safety concerns to the school, to the service provider (eg SnapChat, Instagram etc) or to national agencies such as CEOP or Police Scotland as appropriate.

Learning about online safety gives vital skills and knowledge for life in the modern world.

Our policies and practices in relation to online safety should be read in conjunction with the following key documents:

• The School’s Values
• Anti-Bullying-Policy
• Data protection
• Copyright
• Aberdeenshire Council’s Mandatory Code of Practice: Passwords
• Web Filtering and Firewalls
• Mobile Devices
• Digital content including and video
• The Use of Personal Devices on Campus
• Pupil use of council owned devices off campus.
• The use of Social Media by the school