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Online safety

Risks to be considered when working and studying online

Online teaching of children and young people involves a need for additional safeguarding measures to be put in place, as it can give the feeling there is an element of informality to it, with less boundaries in place when compared to face to face teaching. We therefore have an additional safeguarding & online teaching policy to be implemented alongside our school safeguarding policy. Both policies are applicable to all staff and students, regardless of whether students are residing overseas or in Jersey.

Online risk

Online risk can be classified in three ways:

  • Conduct risk: children participating in an interactive situation. This includes bullying, sexting, harassing, being aggressive or stalking; or promoting harmful behaviour such as self-harm, suicide, pro-anorexia, bulimia, illegal drug use or imitating dangerous behaviour. A child’s own conduct online can also make them vulnerable, for example, by over-sharing their personal information or by harassing or bullying others.
  • Contact risk: children being victims of interactive situations. This includes being bullied, harassed or stalked; meeting strangers; threats to privacy; identity and reputation (for example, through embarrassing photos shared without permission, a home location being identified, someone impersonating a user, users sharing information with strangers); and violence, threats and abuse directly aimed at individual users and/or groups of users.
  • Content risk: children receiving mass-distributed content. This may expose them to age-inappropriate material such as pornography, extreme violence or content involving hate speech and radicalisation.

Illegal contact, conduct & content

Some online risks cannot only lead to harm, but also result in illegal activity such as:

  • sexual grooming and sexual exploitation,
  • creation and distribution of child abuse images,
  • online aspects of child trafficking,
  • online radicalisation,
  • physical and mental abuse of children,
  • selling and distributing illegal drugs,
  • revenge pornography, harassment and malicious communications.

Education & awareness

St Brelade’s College holds the view that it’s critically important to give users, especially children, the space and opportunities where they can develop their e-safety knowledge. Our aim is to encourage students and their parents to reap the benefits of the digital age along with keeping themselves safe online.

PARENT & CHILD

  • Children and their parents will have access to age appropriate general e-safety awareness online videos: Parents will be advised to watch with their children e-safety videos in advance of their language course.
  • Children and their parents will be educated on digital space areas such as privacy and risky behaviour: Parents will be made aware of the parental guidance on platforms we use for our online teaching, along with links to sites providing online safety advice.
  • Children and their parents will be educated about how to recognise and report things which concern them: Details of who and how to report any concerns to the school can be found in this safeguarding policy.

ST BRELADE’S COLLEGE STAFF

  • Staff will complete relevant training, ensuring they understand online risk. Regular in-house training will be provided.
  • Staff will know how and when to report concerns.
  • Staff will follow the school safeguarding policy and the additional online teaching safeguarding policy in order to follow best practice guidance and protect children from online abuse.

Teachers will follow the guidelines set out in the school safeguarding policy on how to deal with classroom bullying. Any students found to be bullying another student will be removed from the lesson immediately and appropriate welfare measures will also be taken.

Anti online bullying resources: Guidance and activities to generate classroom awareness of the impact of bullying.

Terms for online lessons

We want to ensure that St Brelade’s College online lessons are a safe environment where students can learn and practise English, so we have terms for online lessons which students must follow.

  • These terms are sent to parents at the beginning of a new course, requesting that parents discuss them with their child.
  • Any student who shows disrespect or lack of tolerance for peers or teachers will be asked to leave the lesson. Teachers will report any bad behaviour to the Director of Studies who will then decide how to move forward with the issue.

TERMS FOR ONLINE LESSONS (UNDER 18 YEARS)

Personal details

Students must:

  • use their real name (birth first name and surname),
  • not share their email address, phone number, home address, school name, messenger ID or passwords with anyone,
  • not invite anyone to meet them or offer to meet anyone in real life.

Lessons

  • Web cameras must always be turned on. If not, students will be asked to leave the lesson until the problem is resolved. Microsoft Teams backgrounds should not be changed during a class.
  • Private chat will be turned off.
  • There will be a waiting room system where the teacher will invite the student in.
  • The lesson will be locked once everyone attending is in.
  • Students will not be able to share their screen with others.
  • The teacher will always be present in the lesson.
  • Students should have their lesson in a communal room in their house, not their bedroom. The teacher will always be teaching from an appropriate location and we welcome an introduction to parents.
  • Students must always be fully dress for lessons (not bed clothes).
  • Mobile phones are not allowed during lessons without permission from the teacher.
  • No eating during lessons (a drink is allowed).
  • The teacher should be informed if students need to leave the class to go to the toilet.

Respect other students and staff

  • Students are expected to be polite and respectful to all other students and teachers.
  • If students make rude or inappropriate comments, they will be asked to leave the lesson, and a meeting will be arranged with the parent(s) to discuss the behaviour.

Speak English in the class

  • Students should remember that they are in the class to learn English so should always communicate with other students and staff in English.

If students feel uncomfortable with anything, they should tell a teacher or the school.

English teacher taking an online lesson

Parental consent

Safeguarding our young students is of paramount importance to us, whether the course is online or face to face. We ask parent and child to read the following information before signing up to an online junior course:

Teachers' guidelines

DELIVERING ONLINE LESSONS TO UNDER 18’S

  • Keeping professional boundaries – lessons will stick to lesson content and not drip into personal information about teacher family or home.
  • Teachers will use school accounts for lessons and not personal accounts and contact with students will be made through the school system.
  • Lessons will be scheduled by the school and not by the teachers and will usually take place during school hours where possible.
  • Teachers will deliver lessons and students will attend lessons from appropriate rooms (preferably family rooms) and not bedrooms.
  • Where possible, a neutral background will be used for your lesson or a school logo in the background.
  • Teachers and staff will dress appropriately for lessons, as they would for face to face lessons.
  • Lessons will be monitored from time to time by a member of staff in order to supervise lessons and know professional measures are in place. This will be carried out by popping into classes and being transparent about why they are doing this. Records of such monitoring will be kept by managers on the school shared drive.
  • 1:1 lessons will continue to take place with extra safeguarding measures in place. These will include teachers choosing a suitably monitored room to deliver the lesson from and asking parents to pop into the room from time to time to check in with their child.
  • Lessons will usually NOT be recorded by teachers or students. However if there is a need to record lessons, students and parents will be informed in advance and written consent will be given – in this case students and parents will be informed of how the recording will be stored, for how long and who has access to the recording.
  • Lesson records – these will be kept up to date as usual and monitored by DOS in case any concerns have been missed. Any concerns will then be reported to a DSL as usual.

USE OF TECHNOLOGY

  • Teachers will always be present in rooms when students are present and at the end of the lesson, the teacher will be the last person to leave the room.
  • A waiting room system will be in place whereby the teacher will invite the student in.
  • A new meeting room will be used for each new lesson.
  • The room will be locked once all students are present.
  • Screen share will be switched off/only the teacher will be able to share screen.
  • All students should be seen at all times (web camera should be be turned on). If a student has no video, then they will be removed from the lesson until the problem is resolved.
  • Everyone in the lesson should use their real name at all times. Lessons will be kept real. ‘Posing as someone else’ will be disabled.
  • Private chat options will be disabled prior to the lesson starting in order for all chats to be monitored and prevent for example bullying or other safeguarding issues.
  • Teachers will be check that the screen they’re using behind the session is clear and there is no personal information shown along with the tool bar etc.
  • Where possible, teachers will use equipment provided by the school. If this is not possible, teachers will be provided with a risk assessment and guidance from the school manager/Director of Studies on how to use their own equipment within a safeguarding framework

Do you want to talk to us or report a concern?

All staff members, group leaders and hosts play a part in promoting the welfare of children and young people. We offer advice and guidance to all those involved on who they should speak to if they have a concern about student welfare.

CONTACT US

Other concerns

Documents d’identité pour le voyage

Un passeport est requis pour tous les visiteurs de Jersey. Vous devez vous assurer que votre passeport sera valide durant la totalité de votre voyage.

Les visiteurs venant à Jersey via le Royaume-Uni auront besoin d’une Electronic Travel Authorisation/ETA (autorisation de voyage électronique) à partir d’avril 2025. Les visiteurs venant directement à Jersey depuis l’UE n’auront pas besoin d’ETA avant la fin de 2025.

Vous devez vérifier les conditions de voyage auprès de votre agent de voyage ou de votre compagnie aérienne/opérateur de ferry.

Conditions de paiement

Une fois que votre cours a été validé, vous aurez besoin d'effectuer un premier versement de 200£. Au moins 4 semaines avant le début du cours, vous devrez payer le montant restant. St Brelade’s College se réserve le droit de refuser de fournir les prestations (cours, logement, activités) à l’étudiant si les frais scolaire n’ont pas été réglés complètement.

FRAIS D’ANNULATION

Avis de 22 jours ou plus : 200£ d’acompte
8 - 21 jours de préavis : 1 semaine (frais de cours et famille d’accueil/résidence) + 200£ d’acompte
1 - 7 jours de préavis : Montant total des frais à payer (frais de cours et famille d’accueil/résidence)
Des frais d’annulations indépendants s’appliquent aux logements privés.

Les remboursements des frais des cours sont effectués en GBP sur la même carte ou le même compte que celui utilisé pour effectuer le paiement initial. St Brelade’s College décline toute responsabilité en cas de différence dans le montant final reçu en raison des variations du taux de change sous-jacent.

ASSURANCE

Nous conseillons vivement aux étudiants de souscrire une assurance au moment de la réservation du voyage. Cela devrait assurer une couverture dans le cas où l’étudiant doit annuler la formation avant le départ ou pendant son séjour en raison de facteurs tels que la maladie (par exemple, Covid-19), les frais médicaux d’urgence, les frais de voyage et les effets personnels, etc. Une assurance spéciale pour les séjours linguistiques peut être souscrite auprès de certaines compagnies d’assurance.

VISAS ÉTUDIANTS

Les étudiants doivent payer en amont un acompte de 25%, puis le solde restant au moins 4 semaines avant l’arrivée. Dans l’éventualité où le dossier serait annulé, une partie de l’acompte serait remboursée, déduisant une somme 100£ de frais administratifs.

Travel documentation

A passport is required for all visitors to Jersey. You should ensure there is sufficient validity on your passport to cover your trip.

Visitors coming to Jersey via UK will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) from April 2025. Visitors coming directly to Jersey from the E.U. will not need an ETA until late 2025.

You should check the travel requirements with your travel agent or airline / ferry operator.

Payment terms & conditions

Once your course has been confirmed you will need to pay a deposit of £200. At least 4 weeks before the course starts you will need to pay the remainder of the course fee. St Brelade’s College reserves the right to refuse to provide services to students if the course fees have not been paid.

CANCELLATION FEE

22+ days notice: £200 deposit
8 – 21 days notice: 1 week (tuition & homestay/residence fees) + £200 deposit
1 – 7 days notice: Full fee payable (tuition & homestay/residence fees)
Separate cancellation fees apply to private accommodation. Please refer to the individual hotel terms.

Course fee refunds are made in £GBP to the same card or account used to make the original payment. St Brelade's College accepts no responsibility for any difference in the final amount received due to changes in the underlying exchange rate.

INSURANCE

We strongly advise students to take out insurance at the time of booking the trip. This should ensure cover if the student needs to cancel the course before departure or during their stay due to factors such as illness (e.g. Covid-19), emergency medical expenses, travel costs and personal belongings etc. Special insurance for language course students can be purchased from some insurance providers.

VISA STUDENTS

Students must pay at least 25% deposit in advance and the balance at least 4 weeks before arrival. In the event that the application is unsuccessful the deposit is returned less a £100 administration fee.

Process for reporting a concern