Report of a National Survey of Children, their Parents and Adults regarding Online Safety

The research consisted of three nationally representative surveys - one of children, one of their parents, and a separate survey of adults.

Some key findings included:

• most children are positive about the Internet and say there are good elements for their age. 44% say this is very true and 39% say it is fairly true
• 62% of children and young people, aged 9-17 year, use social media. This rises from a quarter of 9–10-year-olds to nearly 90% of 15–17-year-olds
• 82% of parents or carers say that they would most prefer to receive online safety information from the child’s school with 60% currently receiving information this way