The updated Ofsted framework places an unprecedented emphasis on the impact and culture of safeguarding, demanding that schools move beyond simple compliance to achieve a truly open and effective whole-school approach that proactively protects pupils from online harm (pages 3-9 of the toolkit for state schools).

For Head Teachers and school leaders navigating the complexities of digital well-being, the question is not if you address the risks of smartphone use, but how you embed a robust, sustainable system that inspectors can immediately recognise and grade as ‘Met’ or ‘Strong’.

Screenwise Children offers the expert-led framework to achieve this.