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Call for 'brick-phone-only' secondaries to participate in King’s College London study
King’s College London are inviting schools to take part in a new study on smartphone free school policies. The study is called the ‘ Pouch Study ’; it was initially designed to examine policies where smartphones are taken to school but locked away. However, they are now expanding their research to include schools with ‘brick’ phone only policies (also known to Smartphone Free Schools Rating as ‘Gold’ standard policies). In total, three categories of policy - also known as gol
Dec 10, 2025


Distraction: Why Schools’ Smartphone Policies will hold everyone’s attention this summer and how a new rating system could help.
For most school leaders, the weeks ahead represent an adrenaline filled stamina test –pulling off the productions, sports days, concerts, fairs, celebrations and transition events that mark the end of the school year. Sitting in the background is a gnawing concern – the list of tasks that need to be completed ahead of the new academic year.
Jul 14, 2025


New local authority map of smartphone free schools launched
Today, Smartphone Free Schools Rating releases a new map to track the growing trend of local authority wide school smartphone policies...
Jul 11, 2025


New national Smartphone Free Schools Rating system to launch - as leaders warn: 'smartphones and schools don't mix'
Headteachers are rolling out a new national school smartphone rating system over rising fears about the damage phones are doing to...
Jun 24, 2025
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