Rucstall Primary School

Phase:

Rating:

Secondary

Silver (Smartphones locked away or handed in)

Planned policy

change?

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

Local authority:

Basingstoke and Deane

Link to policy:

https://www.rucstall.hants.sch.uk/letters/

Website:

https://www.rucstall.hants.sch.uk/

We are proud of our smartphone policy because:

Joint working with our secondary school and local schools uniting in policy.

Additional policy features:

- 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 actively minimise the need for smartphones when completing homework, enabling alternatives where possible