AI is no longer a future consideration for schools. It’s already shaping how pupils learn, communicate and interact online. Alongside the opportunities this brings, school and trust leaders are navigating a growing set of safeguarding, wellbeing and compliance challenges.
This Safer Internet Day, Concero Education and Smoothwall are hosting a practical, senior-leader-focused webinar designed to help schools feel confident they’re keeping children safe in the age of AI.
This one-hour online session looks beyond the technology itself and focuses on the real-world impact schools can make through informed leadership decisions, strong digital foundations and early intervention.
Why this session matters now
Digital risk is evolving quickly. AI tools, online platforms and always-on connectivity are changing pupils’ digital lives, often faster than policies and systems can keep up. For leaders, safeguarding can no longer sit in isolation from digital strategy.
This webinar is designed to help school and trust leaders:
- Better understand what’s actually happening in students’ digital lives
- Spot early signs when a child may need support, enabling faster, more effective responses
- Put the right digital foundations in place to protect their community while safely embracing AI
- Feel confident about meeting future expectations, including the DfE Digital & Technology Standards and the 2030 deadline
What will be covered
The session opens with a short welcome on why safeguarding, wellbeing and digital strategy must now work together, especially in the context of Safer Internet Day and emerging AI risks.
You’ll then hear from Gabi Walshaw, VP of Product for Early Detection and Intervention at Smoothwall, who will explore how schools can better detect risk from spotting signs of AI misuse to identifying vulnerable pupils earlier, with the right balance of expert moderation and human oversight.
Next, Matthew Setchell, CTO at Concero Education, will focus on protection: why broadband, filtering and monitoring are critical safeguarding enablers, where common gaps leave schools exposed, and how leaders can make future-ready decisions without adding unnecessary complexity or cost.
Who should attend?
This session is ideal for Primary, Secondary and Independent schools, as well as MAT leaders, with responsibility for safeguarding, wellbeing or digital strategy.
The webinar is deliberately non-technical, practical and grounded in leadership priorities, no IT jargon, just clarity, reassurance and actionable insight.
🗓 12 February | 3:30–4:30pm (Online)
👉 Register to join the webinar and build confidence in your school’s approach to AI and digital safety.
