City of London Academy Southwark

Phase:

Rating:

Secondary

Bronze (Smartphones are never used, but stay with pupil)

Planned policy

change?

We have announced plans to move to Gold (no smartphones on site)

Local authority:

Southwark

Link to policy:

Website:

https://www.cityacademy.co.uk/academy-policies/40.html

https://www.cityacademy.co.uk/

We are proud of our smartphone policy because:

Moving to a ‘Gold’ model from Year 7 upwards from September 2025

Additional policy features:

- We limit smartphone use during after school clubs,

- We limit smartphone use on school trips,

- We never ask children to use smartphones for lesson related activities or otherwise,

- We actively engage with parents and children to educate on the downside of smartphones,

- We are excellent at implementing our policy