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Guides, tools and inspiration for teachers navigating the smartphone era

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Teachers' key questions about smartphones and schools – answered

What are the benefits of smartphone-free schools?

What role do teachers play in Smartphone Free Childhood?

What are the common pushbacks from parents? And how should I respond?

What are the steps to making a secondary school smartphone free?

What evidence is there that smartphone-free schools are beneficial?

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Editable templates, example policies and tips for communicating to parents and students

Tools, templates and tips for primary school teachers & leaders

Tools, templates and tips for secondary school teachers & leaders

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What school leaders say

There will always be parents who aren’t on board. We know that. But as long as the majority get on board, then this will become the new norm.

Justine Elbourne-Cload
Executive Head of Cunningham Hill Federation, St. Albans

There are children playing Uno - it's quite an old-fashioned atmosphere. When I visit other schools I'm shocked - you see groups of kids gathered together like zombies, not talking to each other, just looking at screens.

Clive Wright
Head of Saint Martin's Catholic Academy, Stoke Golding

Learning, behaviour and wellbeing are our top priorities at Ormiston – smartphones are detrimental to all of these.

Tom Rees
CEO of Ormiston Academies

SFC Selected

Articles, podcasts, videos and more – recommended by the SFC community

You don’t need a smartphone: artist August Lamm's beautiful, must-read pamphlet

Thirteen ways to bring back free play, from psychologist and play expert Peter Gray

The Gatekeepers: Jamie Bartlett investigates the rise of tech’s new information overlords

The Social Dilemma: the documentary that exposed Big Tech’s impact on our minds

The Healthy Selfie: A guide for teens on self-worth in the digital age by Dr. Susie Davies

The Centre for Humane Tech's excellent podcast hosted by ex-Google tech ethicist Tristan Harris

The Anxious Generation: the book that ignited the global conversation about kids and smartphones

Stolen Focus: how to protect your mind (and your kids’) in the attention economy