Legal ban on smartphones, schools in England

Long overdue. It won't hurt them to stay away from the rubbish which constitutes a lot of social media and concentrate on getting an education.

Is this a complete ban on all phones or just smart phones

Jaxjacky

How do people without a smartphone manage rosie1959?

There are i believe devices that can scan the device but the smartphone app is far better for recording reading and has the abilty to report its findings to parents and healthcare professionals.
If they don't have a smartphone the school problem does not exist.
They could do finger pricks but this is not so efficient as continuous tracking.

About time!

rosie1959

Certain pupils should still be allowed their smart phones Type 1 diabetics for instance their phones monitor their blood levels.

That comes under the heading of reasonable adjustments.

Im very glad but I think it will be hard to enforce
It works very well in my granddaughters school.
They have no idea when there is going to be a spot check.
It could be in the middle of a lesson when they will all be told to assemble in the hall.
No coats and no bags.
The girls wear trousers in her school so many places to hide.
If someone is found with a phone it is confiscated for 3 days.

How do people without a smartphone manage rosie1959?

My granddaughter has just started walking to school on her own and she has a phone so she can contact her parents and they can contact her. But it doesn’t have any social media stuff on it unlike her friends phones.

Good news.

Few children need phones (apart from health reasons).

Certain pupils should still be allowed their smart phones Type 1 diabetics for instance their phones monitor their blood levels.

They don't need their phones in school and are better off concentrating on their work and using their brains.

I can see, though, that having a phone (not necessarily a smartphone) when travelling to and from school and especially if there's no-one at home when they get there is useful for safety in this day and age. Things were different when we were young...

It's good news. School prepares children for life, and being on your mobile all the time at university lectures, or at work, is not going to go down well. Best they learn to concentrate on something other than their phone while they're in school.

Brilliant news

bump.
It wont be popular with teenagers but it's making school life more impossible to manage.