SMARTPHONE FREE CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS
What is Smartphone Free Childhood?
This is a national movement aimed at tackling the huge problem that smartphones are creating for our children. The aim is to change the current culture of “everybody has a phone so my child needs one”, thereby protecting them from the serious challenges and safeguarding issues that smartphones present.
As of June 2025, 140,810 pupils are protected by the Pact, and this is across 13,685 schools in the UK, Wow! Can you add to that number? Sign the Pact here.
Smartphone Free Childhood Phone Finder
If you’ve decided to delay giving your child a smartphone, the next question is almost always:
“But what phone should we get instead?”
The good news is… we’ve done the homework, so you don’t have to.🤓
👉 Try the new SFC Phone Finder
https://www.smartphonefreechildhood.org/alternatives
Over the past two years, we’ve researched dozens of child-friendly phones – from simple brick phones to more modern options. And now we’ve turned everything we’ve learned into one simple tool.
Answer 7 quick questions and we’ll recommend phones that fit your child’s needs.
A few important things about the SFC Phone Finder:
⚡ 100% independent – no brand can pay to appear
⚡ No commission, affiliate fees or sponsored placements
⚡ Every phone is one we’d happily recommend to another SFC family
We’ve also included a dedicated list of ‘brick phones’ for children attending schools with no-smartphone-on-site policies.
👉 Try the new SFC Phone Finder:
https://www.smartphonefreechildhood.org/alternatives
We hope it makes one of the trickiest parenting decisions a little easier.
Team SFC x
Please find below links to our Basingstoke Schools Smartphone Free webpage, as well as our Smartphone Free Schools policy.
Please see the link below for NSPCC guidance on keeping your child safe on phones and online:
Children, phones and online safety | NSPCC
