Ofsted's boss suggested that children should not have unrestricted internet access or smartphones at a young age.
The watchdog's chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, expressed her surprisal on hearing that primary and early secondary school children sometimes own mobile phones.
In a conversation with BBC Radio 5 Live about accessing explicit content online, she said: 'I'm not comfortable with younger children having unlimited internet access.
'I’m very surprised when primary-aged children have smartphones, for example, and even in early secondary school. It’s really hard to manage that.'
