Equality Impact Assessment for Mobile Phone Guidance for Scotland's Schools

Equality Impact Assessment for Mobile Phone Guidance for Scotland’s Schools

Title of policy: Mobile Phone Guidance for Scotland’s Schools - refresh

Summary of aims and desired outcomes of Policy:

The policy aim is to further encourage and support education authorities and schools to establish or review mobile phone policies in schools. The intended outcome is to improve children and young people’s engagement with learning and consequently their educational outcomes by minimising the impact of mobile phone use during the school day, within lessons and within the school estate.

The guidance was established in 2024 in direct response to the findings of the Behaviour in Scottish Schools Research 2023 which confirmed an emerging pattern of serious disruptive behaviour associated with inappropriate mobile phone use in schools. The refreshed guidance document continues to address these concerns, but seeks to further encourage education authorities and schools in taking action to implement restrictions on personal mobile phones during the school day and within the school estate.

Directorate: Learning

Division: Workforce, Quality and Wellbeing

Team: Health and Wellbeing Unit