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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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The Portugal News broke the news in on Friday, September 13, 2024.
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