Hi all, thanks for the responses.
There are a couple of reasons for doing it
it is against our school's AUP that personal devices are connected to the school's network
if we say yes you can do it then we end up supporting their personal phones
if they really need email on the go then the school provides them with a phone
our data security policy requires phones to offer encryption and be able to be wiped remotely if lost or stolen to protect unauthorised access to emails which could potentially contain sensitive information. If a member of staff loses their personal phone we don't have the ability to do this
I completely agree that if staff are interested then they should be encouraged (my first reaction to requests is almost always 'yes we'll have a look and see if we can do that' and not 'no clear off!') but at the end of the day, the school pays for them to have email on a device and we are paid to maintain that device. They have to have their work phone on them so why do they really need it on a personal device too?
Again thanks for all your responses.
Si