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Social Sandbox Coming soon

A safe, pretend social media app where pupils practise being online before they are on the real thing. Your class posts, replies and shares in a private feed while you guide every moment.

Teacher sign in Pupil login

Coming soon to all schools: register your interest and we’ll let you know when it launches. Pilot schools can sign in above; pupils need the code card from their teacher and the PIN on the board.

Real practice, without the real risks

Children meet social media earlier than ever, often before they have the skills to handle unkind comments, strangers, scams or fake news. Social Sandbox gives them somewhere safe to try it first.

It looks and feels like a real app, but everything happens inside your class session. Pupils have random animal names, nothing leaves the sandbox, and you can pause the whole class at any moment to talk about what just happened.

It works in a web browser on laptops, Chromebooks and tablets. There is nothing to install.

  • Built for Years 5 to 8, around ready-made lessons
  • Teachers in full control: start, pause and end the session
  • Live events such as a stranger’s friend request or a pile-on
  • Safeguarding alerts passed straight to your DSL
  • No pupil names, emails or passwords

How a lesson works

From code cards to class discussion

  1. Set up your class

    Sign in with a one-time code sent to your school email, add your class and print the code cards. Each pupil gets a random animal name.

  2. Start the session

    Put the join screen on the board. Pupils scan the QR code or type the PIN with the code from their card, and they are in.

  3. Pupils take part

    They post, reply, like and share alongside ready-made posts, while you send in events such as a fake news story or a request for personal details.

  4. Stop, talk, reflect

    Freeze the feed, spotlight a post on the board and ask the class a quick poll. Finish with a summary of how the session went.

What’s inside

Everything you need to run the lesson

For pupils

A friendly feed to post, reply, like and share, with a privacy settings check, report and block buttons, an “Is this true?” button and a gentle “think before you post” prompt.

For teachers

See every post as it happens, send private nudges, trigger events for the whole class or chosen pupils, add notes and override scores, with a reason for every change.

On the board

Board mode shows the join screen, the class feed, a class health board, a spotlighted post, quick polls and discussion prompts, all safe to project.

Safeguarding

A word filter and AI moderation check every post. Links and contact details are blocked, worrying posts are held, and alerts can be handed to your DSL.

Lesson packs

Ready-made scenarios

Each pack comes with realistic posts written for the age group, a lesson plan and a short quiz.

Be kind online

From bystander to upstander: unkind comments, pile-ons and what to do about them.

Years 5–6

Stay private, stay safe

Personal information, prize scams and messages from people pupils don’t know.

Years 5–6

Group chats and friendships

Leaving people out, screenshots and how group chats can turn unkind.

Years 5–7

Real or fake?

Fake news, AI-made pictures and “free gems” offers that are too good to be true.

Years 5–8

Privacy and security by design

Social Sandbox was built for schools from the start, with the same care we bring to all our safeguarding work.

  • No pupil names or accounts. Pupils log in with a code card and the live session PIN, and the school keeps the list of who is who.
  • Encrypted for each school. Pupil codes, posts and notes are encrypted with a key that belongs to your school alone.
  • No passwords for teachers. Teachers sign in with a one-time code sent to their school email.
  • Sessions end cleanly. Ending a session signs every pupil out, and sessions end on their own after 2 hours.
  • Engagedu staff can’t read pupil posts. Our team sees totals only.

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Pricing

Simple pricing, per class

Pay only for the classes that use it. Each class gets unlimited sessions for the whole academic year. Prices are before VAT.

Per class

£195

per class, per academic year

  • Up to 35 pupils in a class
  • Unlimited sessions all year
  • Every scenario pack and lesson plan

Example

3 classes

e.g. Years 5, 6 and 7

  • 3 × £195 a year
  • Add classes at any time
  • Bigger groups count as two classes

Full pricing and discounts Register interest

Social Sandbox is coming soon

Register your interest and we’ll let you know as soon as it launches, with a free trial: 2 lessons over 30 days with your own classes, and nothing to pay or cancel.

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