Mobile phone free school from September 2024.

In this video Ms Butters (Vice Principal) talks about how Ark Alexandra will become a mobile phone free school in September. This means students will not be permitted to bring phones in to school at all and they must be left at home with parents. Her video explains this change and answers any frequently asked questions. We are determined to protect our student's childhood, give them a great education and keep them safe from the well documented risks and dangers associated with mobile phones.

To find out more about how you can protect your child visit: https://smartphonefreechildhood.co.uk/

Parents may also be interested in this selection of articles, podcasts and research and policy papers, which deal with the impact of mobile phones on children:

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phones-in-schools
• https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8C5-PqN4nT/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ODdmZWVhMTFiMw%3D%3D
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5mss
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckmm2nrlem2o
• https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/huberman-lab/id1545953110?i=1000658427329
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/06/group-of-17-london-secondary-schools-join-up-to-go-smartphone-free
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-69044426
• https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/27/more-than-300m-children-victims-of-online-sexual-abuse-every-year
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjmm0zgx9zno
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/25/mps-urge-under-16s-smartphone-ban-statutory-ban-schools
• Policy Exchange - Disconnect
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98821dn27lo
• https://news.sky.com/story/schools-which-ban-mobile-phones-get-better-gcse-grades-study-finds-13125841
• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65cf5f2a4239310011b7b916/Mobile_phones_in_schools_guidance.pdf
• https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/screen-usage-linked-to-differences-in-brain-structure-in-young-children/

• https://www.gov.uk/government/news/crackdown-to-halt-rise-in-phone-thefts

• https://news.sky.com/story/amp/snatch-thefts-of-bags-and-mobiles-on-streets-of-england-and-wales-more-than-double-as-government-promises-crackdown-13208799

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m099zm4wyo

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg2r4rxjd9o

• https://www.thetimes.com/article/0611df1a-e349-46e3-a4fe-6f4c1a4cc9c6

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj98jrj112o
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0467e9e43o

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