{"id":28799,"date":"2025-03-21T09:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/?page_id=28799"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:41:35","slug":"mobile-phone-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/key-information\/policies-and-info\/mobile-phone-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Phone Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">To ensure the wellbeing and safeguarding of all of our pupils,&nbsp;<b>pupils are not allowed to bring smartphones into school<\/b>. If a pupil is found with a smartphone in their possession, it will be confiscated and their parent\/carer will be contacted to come to the school office and the end of the school day to collect it in person. If a pupil repeatedly brings a smartphone to school, it will be classed as a safeguarding risk to that pupil and others pupils, and a safeguarding referral to social care will occur.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Further information on the risks smartphones pose to pupils can be found in the following Department for Education link:<\/div>\n<div><a id=\"OWA09804fd4-93d8-fae4-131d-52f5b7bbd2e6\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/65cf5f2a4239310011b7b916\/Mobile_phones_in_schools_guidance.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/65cf5f2a4239310011b7b916\/Mobile_phones_in_schools_guidance.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">DfE Guidance on risks of smartphones<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">If you believe it is necessary for your child to have a basic non-smartphone to support them travelling to and from school , permission will be needed from the Headteacher (Rebecca Gittins)&nbsp;and these phones will be handed in to the class teacher each day for security purposes.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To ensure the wellbeing and safeguarding of all of our pupils,&nbsp;pupils are not allowed to bring smartphones into school. If a pupil is found with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":350,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28799"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28801,"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28799\/revisions\/28801"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.welbeck.nottingham.sch.uk\/welb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}