Completely anonymous, this survey paints an accurate picture of how smartphones are impacting children in your school and establishes the urgent need for action. Headteachers - and parents - are often quite shocked by the results.
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Parent Survey
Completely anonymous, this survey helps you establish parental support for tighter restrictions on smartphones in schools. It's most effective when shared across a group of schools or a secondary plus primary feeders.
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Invitation To Parent Talk - Primary
Introducing a summary of the evidence that smartphones are harming children, this letter signals to parents your concerns about smartphone ownership and invites parents to an education session.
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Invitation To Parent Talk - Secondary
This letter announces a review of school's smartphone policy in the light of overwhelming evidence of the harm they are having on young people and the school day. It invites parents to an information event to better understand the problem.
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Step 2: Activate
Gold-Standard Policy – Primary
A simple policy that allows brick-phones only to be brought to school by children travelling alone.
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Gold-Standard Policy – Secondary
A clear policy, tried and tested by headteachers in rural and urban settings.
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Step 3: Communicate
Policy Announcement – Primary
This letter announces a new smartphone-free policy and encourages parents to delay buying a smartphone until children are much older.
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Policy Announcement – Secondary
This letter announces the new smartphone-free policy with evidence on why restrictions are necessary and beneficial.
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2A. Sample Letters To Parents - Secondary School
Emanuel School, London
This letter requests new Year 7s not to bring a smartphone to school, and encourages parents to delay buying a device for their children.
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St. Peter's Catholic School, Guildford
This letter announces a complete ban on smartphones for Year 7s, with a phased approach for Years 8 and 9.
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BRGS, Lancashire
This letter announces a ban of all phones on school premises.
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Swanmore College, Hampshire
This letter announces a new policy, stipulating that new Year 7s may not bring smartphones or smart watches to school.
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St. Nicolas' School, Hampshire
This letter announces the school will not allow smartphones to be brought to school from January 2026 onwards.
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Alleyn's School, London
An impassioned letter from the school's Deputy Head of Pastoral, urging new Year 7 parents to buy a brick phone rather than a smartphone for their children.
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2B. Sample Letters To Parents - Primary School
Hampshire county-wide letter
This letter announcing a smartphone free school policy was signed by 121 primary schools across Hampshire.
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Rowledge C of E Primary School
This letter encourages parents to delay buying a smartphone for their child until at least 14.
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St. Albans city-wide letter
The first of its kind, this letter is from 24 head teachers in the same consortium, declaring all their schools smartphone free and asking parents to delay.
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Leamington Spa consortium letter
A clear, comprehensive letter from a group of primary schools, declaring themselves smartphone free.
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3. Sample Policies
The Fulham Boys School ICT Policy
Weeke Primary School Online Safety Policy
FAQs on phones at Berkhamsted School
Kingsbridge Community College
Archer Academy Mobile Phone Policy
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