US EditionSouth Cumbrian MPs, Schools and Residents React to School Phone Ban Plan
The amendment would make existing guidance statutory as Ofsted begins reviewing mobile phone policies and schools already restrict use in 90% of secondary schools.
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Ban on phones in schools: support for headteachers or unnecessary legislation?
LightField Studios/ShutterstockThe announcement by the government that a legal ban will be placed on mobile phones in English schools marks a continued shift in tone, if not necessarily in substance, around the control of devices in educational settings. What is being presented as a decisive intervention into children’s wellbeing is, in practice, the legal amplification of a reality that already exists across most schools. According to research …
In a trend that consolidates around the world, the UK should pass a law to ban the use of smartphones by students within schools. The parliamentary proposal gained the support of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who surrendered to the pressure of parents, teachers and opposition parties. According to the Financial Times, Starmer had been resisting to support legal restraint, preferring to suggest restrictions but giving autonomy to schools to create…
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