LGfL Schools Conference 2014Supporting the New Curriculum

eSafety in LondonLGfL eSafety Group

LGfL E-SAFETY SURVEY FINDINGSHelen Warner

and

Christian Smith

On behalf of London Grid for Learning Esafety Board

LGfL Survey• Undertaken in Q1 2013• Interim results published June 2013• Full results - Safer Internet Day 2014

• Around 17000 pupil responses• Years 3-9 (c third KS3)

• Even gender split• All London LA’s represented (but c55% Havering and Redbridge).

ACCESS

Where is the computer you access most? By Total %

0.97% 0.86%

77.66%

14.34%

4.62% 0.71% 0.29% 0.54%

Grand Total

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

At a friend's house

At a relative's house

At home

At school

I use my mobile device or phone

In a library

In a youth club

Somewhere else

Key Findings: Home = key area of access.Mobile device access increases with age.

Where is the computer you access most? By Year (excluding home)

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

At a friend's house

At a relative's house

At school

I use my mobile device or phone

In a library

In a youth club

Somewhere else

Key Findings: Role of school access shrinks with age.Personalised access increasing.

What Devices do you use? (Totals)

79.66%

9.93%

8.32%

2.10%

on a computer

on a games console

on a mobile phone

on a TV

Key Findings: Computers still dominate (across all years). Tablets?

Significant number access via games consoles. Mainly Boys (3x more likely).

Girls more likely to access on mobile device.

Do you share your computer?

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

12.19%

54.74%

33.07%

I share with a brother or sister

I share with whole family

It's just for me

Key Findings: Half use a shared device.

But rise of personal device to half of Y9s

Where do you use your computer?

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

a laptop or device used in many rooms

in a room mainly used by mum or dad

in a shared living room

in brother / sisterƒ??s bedroom

in my bedroom

14.12%

7.75%

38.77%

0.23%

2.74%

36.40%

a laptop or device used in many rooms

in a room mainly used by mum or dad

in a shared living room

in brother / sisterƒ??s bedroom

in my bedroom

Key Findings: Third KS2 pupils access from their bedroom, rising to over half by Year 9.

Would you like more use at school outside of school hours?

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%Don't know

No

Yes

Key Findings: Yes!About half of pupils want more access at school.

Do Your Parents Know What You Do Online?

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

Never Some of the time Most of the time Always

Key Findings: KS2 less than half of parents know.As pupils get older, parental knowledge declines.Boys more likely to hide browsing habits than girls.

Access Implications?Significant % do not have ‘ready home access’. Impact on home learning? Shared devices - filtering and security?

Does your school provide extra access? Know home situation for your pupils?

Home access issues: bedroom / games consoles / mobile, parental involvement.

What does your school do to inform and raise parental awareness?

USAGE

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Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Key Findings: Fun and games! And school work.

What Types of Websites Do You Regularly Use? Key Stages 1/2• Top Usages (All)• Games - 21%• Youtube - 19%• Virtual Worlds -13%• Search Engine - 6%• Educational Maths - 5%• School Website - 4%• Social Networking - 3%

• Top Usages (BvG)Boys Girls

Gaming 22% 19%Youtube 20% 17%

Virtual Worlds 10% 14%Search Engine 6% 6%Educ. Maths 4% 6%

Social Network 3% 2%School Website

3% 5%

Key Findings: Girls more varied in sites visitedGaming and Video (YouTube). Passive consumption rather than creation.

What Types of Websites Do You Regularly Use? Key Stage 3

• Top Usages (All)• Social Networking- 25%• Video and TV - 28%• Search Engine – 11%• Games - 8%• Email - 4%

• Top Usages (BvG)

Boys GirlsSocial Network 17% 30%

Youtube 34% 24%Search Engine 10% 13%

eMail 1% 6%Gaming 12% 5%

Key Findings: By KS3, Social Networking and Video (Youtube).Gaming significantly lessDistinct gender differences - girls less gaming, more social

What types of games do you play? Boys v Girls

0.0%6.0%

12.0%18.0%

17.9%14.5%

9.2% 7.9% 5.6% 5.3%2.7% 2.1% 2.0% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5%

% of boys

% of boys

0.0%

6.0%

12.0%

18.0%19.0%

14.1%

5.5% 5.2% 4.1% 3.9% 3.7% 3.6% 3.4% 2.6% 2.4% 2.4% 2.3% 2.0%

% of girls

% of girls

Key Findings: Gender differences.Boys: football and violence.Girls: ‘dress-up’ games.

What types of games do you play? by Key Stage

0.0%

6.0%

12.0%

18.0%18.4%

12.1%7.2%

4.0% 4.0% 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% 3.2% 3.2% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% 2.5%

% of KS1&2

% of KS1&2

0.0%

6.0%

12.0%

18.0%18.6%

9.9% 9.6%6.7%

4.3% 4.2% 3.0% 2.5% 2.5% 2.4% 2.2% 2.1% 2.0% 1.7%

% of KS3

% of ks3

Key findings:Multi games sites e.g. Friv. popular

Who do you Play Games with online? All pupils

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

50.00%No - very rarely or never play computer games

Yes - play mainly on my own

Yes - with friends

Yes - with online friends

Yes - with older brother or sister

Yes - with my mum or dad or carer

Key Findings: Gaming tends to be with people they know.But 20% of Y5/6 with online friends.Social gaming drops KS3.Girls decline more.

Usage Implications?Creative use is a lot smaller than expected, Passive consumption

Ensure younger children understand risks of multi-user gaming?

18+ games (Boys - Y5 upwards) ?

Tackling gender stereotyping?

Online platform use directed by schools has impact

Support parent / carers make good choices (PEGI rating)? http://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviewshttp://www.pegi.info/en/index/

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ONLINE BEHAVIOUR: CONDUCT

Have you ever found things online that make you feel uncomfortable or worried?

7.88%

19.21%

64.41%

5.02%3.49%

Just a few times but I did not tell an adult

Just a few times but I told an adult

Never

Often, but I usually keep it to myself

Often, but I usually tell an adult

Key Findings: ~Two thirds report “never”. Consistency across years.

Find frequency increases with age. Reporting to adult reduces with age to 10% (Y9) never tell anyone.

Girls a little more likely to report.

7.99%

21.33%

62.48%

4.41% 3.78%7.76%

16.89%

66.51%

5.67% 3.17%

Boys Girls

Have you ever received a message or picture that upset or bullied you?

2.14%

87.81%

10.05%

Many times

Never

Sometimes

Key Findings: 88% = NO.But 2% are constantly harassed. (~300 children)Reduction across KS2 but rise with KS3 boys. Girls ~30% more likely to have “sometimes” received a message than boys.

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

Many times

Sometimes

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

Many times

Sometimes

Boys

Girls

Who did you tell?

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

18.00%

20.00%I didn't tell anyone

I told a friend

I told a teacher

I told another trusted adult

I told my parent / carer

Key FindingsMost likely to tell their parent but declines with age.

Small % tell teacher, more would tell a friend.

Significant number never tell ~ 2-5% (c700 pupils)

Did telling someone help it stop?

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

18.00% No - it made things worse

No - they did not help me

Yes - they helped me and it has stopped

Yes - they helped me but it has not stopped

Key Findings: Two thirds of cases telling helped and bullying stopped.

There are still significant number of instances where telling has not helped or made issues worse. (up to 6% c1,000 pupils)

Have you ever sent a silly, unkind or nasty message? (By Year)

5.31%

81.97%

5.94%

6.78% Don't know / not sure

No

Yes - a few times

Yes - only once

Key Findings: ~18% perpetrators (1 in 5)As students get older they are more likely to have sent an abusive message.Boys (~7%) more than girls (~4%).

Note: Lack of clarity in question may be issue - “silly”

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

Don't know / not sure

Yes - a few times

Yes - only once

Online Conduct Implications?Online bullying behaviour less than some studies shown but still significant (~ 3-4 children per class affected)?

Do you know extent / who / issues in your class / school?

Do you do activities that support empathy? Bystander?

Need to support ‘telling’. Do you have any peer mentoring?But … telling must help! Parents / Carers key role keyand knowing how to react / where help.

How do you support your parents?

ONLINE BEHAVIOUR:CONTACT

Do you have a Social Network Site?

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00% No

Yes

Yes - it's a shared family site

Yes - my parents helped me and monitor it

59.97%24.75%

7.56%

7.72%No

Yes

Yes - it's a shared family site

Yes - my parents helped me and monitor it

Key Findings: From Y5 rise in Facebook. 50% Y8s. Significant numbers have family or parent sanctioned pages from earlier age.

Have you made friends with people online you didn’t know before?

10.12%

70.25%

19.63%

Many times

No

Sometimes

Key Findings: About a third overall say yes.

Boys are significantly more likely to make friends online with people they don’t know in real life.

Have you ever met Face to Face people you only know online?

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 90.00%

1.00%

2.00%

3.00%

4.00%

5.00%

6.00%

7.00%

8.00%

9.00%

Yes and I met up with them on my own

Yes but I took a friend with me

Yes but my parent / adult came with me

89.97%

2.86%

3.18% 3.99%No

Yes and I met up with them on my own

Yes but I took a friend with me

Yes but my parent / adult came with meKey Findings:

3% reported meeting up with online friends on their own.

10% who said “Yes”

Impact of KS2 education then risky behaviour rises from Y7

Types of meetings - By total

57.20%

15.58%

14.53%

12.53%

0 (dubious)

1(Low Risk)

2(Medium Risk)

3 (High Risk)

Categories for descriptions of the person they meet online:0. Perceived dubious response or question misunderstood

1. Low riska. Family member, introduced by familyb. Stranger, but family mediated(e.g. pen-friend that parents or teacher managed the meeting)

2. Medium riska. Introduced by a friendb. Chose to meet in safe conditions(took friend or chose to meet at school where teachers present) 3. High riska. Stranger, no safety precautionb. Person was not as they had represented themselves onlinec. Listed as a friend of a friend on social networking system

Key Findings: 13% children undertook “high risk” meetings (460 pupils). Not just older students. Boys twice as likely to undertake.

Social Networking Implications?Reinforce 13+ for most sites

Parents knowledge and behaviours

Still need to teach best practice and start at a younger age

Need to reinforce the dangers of highest risks

No complacency …

CONCLUSIONS

Key Conclusions• Most children having fun online and they experience little of

concern and do not put themselves at risk.• Esafety Education is having impact, but mainly on KS2.• Y5-6 is a watershed period.• Home is where young people have most access and face risks,

likely to increase with widening mobile access.• Schools’ access is important, and could perhaps be improved.• Online bullying is a significant issue for those affected.• Gender stereotypes strong online.• Significant number of boys playing age inappropriate games. • High risk behaviours displayed by c3%. • Boys are as much at risk as girls.• Parents knowledge is important.

Key messages for schools• Embed an eSafety programme throughout all years and ensure

pupils know how to report concerns or issues. • Model good behaviour.• If in London - use the LGfL!• Find out about your own setting.

• Tackle gender issues; caring and relationships within curriculum (e.g. PHSE).

• Violence in gaming - explore options for getting students engaged in pro-social experiences.

• Access - consider use of after school “computing clubs‟.• Keep parents advised with eSafety advice throughout the year. • Never over react or ignore reports – make sure you have staff

training.

Key messages for parents• Talk with your child about what they do online.• With younger (primary) pupils – keep the computer in a

shared area.• Monitor the games and videos your child plays to ensure

age appropriate or message sound. • Do not assume that risks are less because children are

younger.• Enable parental controls and consider consider younger

and most vulnerable users on shared devices where possible.

• Never over react or ignore reports and seek help from school staff or online parental support.

London Grid for Learning - LGfL.net

Christian Smith

• Education Technologies Consultant• Strictly Education• Member of LGfL eSafety Board• christian.smith@strictlyeducation.co.uk

Helen Warner

• Head of ICT Support Services• 3BM Education Partners• Member of LGfL eSafety Board• helen.warner@3bm.co.uk

On behalf of The London Grid for Learning

and the London E-safety Board

www.lgfl.net