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Secondary School Applications and Open Evenings

Families of children in Year 6 – it is time to start thinking about applying for a secondary school place for September 2025! Applications open from the 12th September but there’s no advantage to applying early, so you have plenty of time to attend Open Evenings before making an application. However, for the best chance of a place at your preferred school, you do need to ensure that you have applied, either online (and submitted your application), or by returning a Secondary Application Form by the national deadline of 31st October 2024.

Click here for information about the Open Evenings planned at York secondary schools, and to find out how and when to apply to a Year 7 school place for your child.

E-safety Tips, Parent Partnership

E-safety Advice for Families – Pop Ups

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Pop Ups

On the internet or on social media, it’s likely that you’ve come across the occasional pop-up – promising a great deal on some product or service, declaring that you’ve won some kind of prize, or making any other number of tempting claims. This marketing tactic has been around for almost 30 years and shows no signs of disappearing any time soon.

Unfortunately, pop-up advertising carries with it various online safety risks, as we can never be certain where those links will take us or how legitimate their creators are. These ads can be especially risky for children and young people, who may not yet be able to look at such marketing with a critical eye. However, our free online safety guide will educate you on pop-ups, their associated risks, and how to safeguard yourself and young people from this phenomenon.

Source:
Meyer et al., Advertising in Young Children’s Apps: A Content Analysis, 2019
https://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/abstract/2019/01000/advertising_in_young_children_s_apps__a_content.4.aspx

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This guide is from National Online Safety.