Social media has brought a new way of communicating into our schools. It has also brought a risk of us sharing too much. Suzanne O'Connell seeks expert advice for school leaders


Almost every day there seem to be stories and allegations against staff and schools that have some links to the use of social media. We are told about inappropriate messages between teacher and pupil and behaviour outside school that is not considered acceptable for a teacher.

It is not that people are any worse than they used to be, there are just more methods of knowing what they do.Social media can be just another way of showing people behaving badly, and, of course, behaving well. Guidance from the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), Management of Social Networking and Online Safety in Schools, suggests that there are four main strands to this:

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