Pa
arent/Guaardian Accceptable U
Use Agreeement Pa
arent/Guardiian Acceptab
ble Use Agre
eement become integgral to the livves of childre
en and young people, booth within schools Diggital technollogies have b
an
nd at home. TThese techno
ologies proviide powerfu l tools, which
h open up ne
ew opportunnities for eve
eryone. Th
hey can stimu
ulate discusssion, promote creativity aand stimulatte awarenesss of context tto promote e
effective leaarning. Young people sho
ould have an
n entitlementt to safe inte
ernet at apprropriate timees. Th
his Acceptable Use Policyy is intended
d to ensure:
• Th
hat young people will be responsible users and stay safe whilsst using the iinternet and other co
ommunications technologgies for educcational, personal and recreational usse. hat School syystems and users are prottected as farr as they can be from acccidental or • Th
deeliberate misuse that cou
uld put the seecurity of the
e systems an
nd users at riisk. • Th
hat parents aand guardians are aware of the imporrtance of e‐ssafety and arre involved in
n the ed
ducation and guidance off young peopple with regaard to their o
online behaviiour. •
Th
hat parents aand guardians are aware that if they aare providing
g an internett enabled de
evice for theeir children tto use on Sch
hool premisees (smart phone, tablet, laptop, etc.)) that, where
e po
ossible, securrity settings sshould be seet by parentss/guardians tto ensure inaappropriate content cannot be acceessed. •
Th
hat parents aand guardians are aware that they should contactt their internnet and mobile deevice contracct providers tto enable thee settings that prevent th
heir childrenn from accesssing inaappropriate material if th
hese devicess are to be ussed in School. at Stoics will have good aaccess to digital technologgies to enhan
nce their The School willl endeavour tto ensure tha
leaarning and w
will, in return, expect Stoiccs to agree too be responsible users. Th
here is a copyy of the Pupil Accceptance po
olicy in the en
nclosed Ruless and Policiess Handbook, so that parents and guarrdians are aw
ware of the
e School’s exxpectations o
of the young people in theeir care. Parents are req
quested to sign the perm
mission form below to show their sup
pport of the SSchool in this im
mportant aspeect of the Scchool’s work.. To avoid deelays accessin
ng network rresources pleease return tthis forrm with yourr signed conttract. Pe
ermission Form
m Parent/Guardiaan’s Name Stoic’s Name
e he above nam
med pupil, I giive permissio
on for my son//daughter to o have access to the As the parent/gguardian of th
intternet and to ICT systems at School. I understand th
hat my son/daaughter will b
be asked to sign an Accepttable Use Agrreement and has received, or will ng e‐safety ed
ducation to he
elp them undderstand the iimportance o
of safe use of technology a
and the recceive, ongoin
intternet – both in and out off School. hat the Schoo
ol will take eve
ery reasonable precaution
n, including m
monitoring andd filtering sysstems, to I understand th
ung people w
will be safe wh
hen they use tthe internet aand ICT systems. I also undderstand thatt the ensure that you
Sch
hool cannot u
ultimately be held responssible for the nnature and co
ontent of matterials accesssed on the intternet and using mobiile technologiies. hat my son’s/d
daughter’s acctivity on the ICT systems will be monittored and thaat the School will I understand th
hey have conccerns about a
any serious breaches of th
he Acceptable
e Use Policy. contact me if th
will encouragee my child to adopt safe usse of the inteernet and digital technolog
gies at home aand will inforrm the I w
Sch
hool if I have concerns oveer my child’s e‐safety. Siggned Date July 2016 J