Local authority wide collective policies
This map tracks the local authority wide smartphone free policy announcements. Schools, councils and parents have begun to work together in a new way to create authority wide smartphone policies for schools, which consortia of schools sign up to. In some cases, the policy is led by schools, and in some cases it is led by councils.
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Gold: No smartphones on site (brick or simple phones may be allowed)
Silver: Smartphones are handed in or locked away
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Further information and policy links are included below. Read more about the rating levels here, and FAQs here.
Barnet
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Number of schools: 126
Consortium primaries: Gold
Consortium secondaries: Gold or rolling out to Gold from September 2025
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Ealing
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Number of schools: 73
Consortium primaries: Gold
Secondaries: not included
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Enfield
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Number of schools: 89
Consortium primaries: Gold from September 2025
Consortium secondaries: Gold or rolling out to Gold from September 2025
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Hampshire
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Number of schools: 107
Consortium primaries: Gold by end of 2025
Secondaries: not included
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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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Number of schools: 54
Consortium primaries: Gold and Silver by end of 2025
Consortium secondaries / middle schools: Gold and Silver or rolling out Gold and Silver from end of 2025
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Letters are kindly supplied by the organisers of the consortium letters
One Collective
Power
One Collective Power have pioneered the local authority wide consortium letter, which they have helped to implement in various North London Boroughs.
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Through their partnership with educational leaders, councils, and public health teams across the UK, as well as their collaboration with the Smartphone Free Childhood campaign, One Collective Power is at the forefront of driving meaningful, accelerated change in the digital landscape for children.