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Templates

Copyable UK templates for reporting child safety concerns.

Email to school DSL about an online safety concern

Calm, factual email to your child's school Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) raising an online safety concern.

Email to school about bullying

Email to your child's school flagging bullying (online, offline, or both) and asking what the school will do.

Email to school about an image-sharing incident

Calm, non-graphic email about an image of your child or another pupil being shared between children.

Follow-up email after a safeguarding report

Polite follow-up when you have not had a substantive reply to an earlier safeguarding email.

Message to another parent about an online incident

Non-accusatory message to a parent of another child involved in an online incident with your own child.

Message to your child after an online incident

Short, supportive message to send your child after something has happened online — designed to lower shame and open a conversation.

Message to a platform's support team

Generic reporting message to send to a social media, gaming, or messaging platform when their in-app report has not been enough.

Structured summary for a 101 police report

Structured incident summary to read from or send when contacting the police on 101 about a non-emergency online incident.

Message to a sports club safeguarding officer

Calm message to a sports club's safeguarding officer or welfare lead about a concern affecting your child.

Message to a youth group leader

Polite message to a youth group leader (Scouts, Guides, faith group, cadets) about a concern or change you want them to know about.

Message to a private tutor or coach

Polite, clear message to a private tutor, music teacher, language coach, or one-to-one instructor about expectations and safeguards.

Message to a co-parent about online safety

Calm message to a co-parent or other parental figure to align on online safety rules between households.

Internal notes: contacting children's services

Internal notes to keep for yourself when contacting your local authority children's services or MASH about a safeguarding concern.

Incident timeline template

Chronological log for keeping a clean record of an unfolding incident — what happened, when, what you did, and who you contacted.

Parent meeting notes template

Note-taking template for a meeting with a school, club, or safeguarding professional — to use during the meeting and write up afterwards.