One of England's biggest academy trusts to ban phone use during school day for 35,000 pupils
- Ormiston Academies Trust will ban smartphones during school hours for about 35,000 pupils at its 42 state schools in England, confirmed to the BBC.
- Chief Executive Tom Rees stated that smartphones disrupted learning and wellbeing, emphasizing a "clear correlation" between phone use and mental health concerns, according to the Guardian.
- A spokesperson mentioned that "teaching and learning, behaviour and children's mental health are all impacted negatively by mobile phones," reported by the BBC.
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Academy trust removing access to smartphones from pupils
The Ormiston Academies Trust is bringing in the rules at its 32 secondary schools in England.
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