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 Parent Pact
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Did you know...?

  • 51% of UK 11-13 year olds have seen pornography, mostly unintentionally (evidence)
  • 73% of parents say excessive smartphone-use is a source of family conflict (evidence)
  • Among children aged 8-17 who are bullied, eight in ten experience it through a device (evidence)

Please find below links to our Basingstoke Schools Smartphone Free webpage, as well as our Smartphone Free Schools policy.

Smartphone Free Basingstoke

Fairfields Smartphone Free Schools policy