The benefits of reducing smartphone use
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  • Apr 21, 2022
Mobile phones are weapons – history will judge us for allowing them in schools
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  • Feb 7, 2022
U-turn on school phone ban isn’t smartest move – phones don’t belong in school
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  • Feb 5, 2022
Government drops plans to make schools mobile-free zones and says headteachers are best placed to make the decision
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  • Feb 3, 2022
Government U-turns on plan to ban mobile phones from schools in England
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  • Feb 3, 2022
Behaviour: DfE rows back on mobile phone crackdown
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  • Feb 3, 2022
Blanket ban on mobile phones in English schools ditched in Government U-turn
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  • Feb 3, 2022
Levelling up white paper: Ban on phones in schools dropped
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  • Feb 3, 2022
Phones should be banned from classrooms, mental health coalition says
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  • Oct 30, 2021
Social mobility tsar wants campaign against toddlers having mobile phones
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  • Oct 20, 2021
New social mobility tsar calls for campaign urging busy parents not to keep toddlers amused with mobile phones
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  • Oct 20, 2021
Mobile phone ban in schools risks giving students ‘anxiety’ – union hits out at Williamson
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  • Aug 18, 2021
Teaching union rails against Gavin Williamson's bid to make schools 'mobile-free' zones
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  • Aug 17, 2021
Banning phones in schools will cause pupils to misbehave, union claims
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  • Aug 16, 2021
ASCL responds to DfE consultation on student behaviours
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  • Aug 16, 2021
Plan to ban phones from classrooms is out of touch, say UK school leaders
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  • Aug 16, 2021
Williamson 'outdated and out of touch' on phones
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  • Aug 16, 2021
Pupils' use of mobile phones in the classroom is a challenge to discipline that headteachers must meet
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  • Aug 12, 2021
Mobile crackdown may only amount to advice, admits Gibb
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  • Jul 21, 2021
Gavin Williamson wants to axe mobile phones from classrooms amid review of pupils' behaviour
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  • Jul 6, 2021
Banning mobiles transformed my school & rescued kids glued to their phones
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  • Jul 3, 2021
Banning phones can be ‘very easy’, say some schools
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Education secretary Williamson proposes ban on mobile phones in schools
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Williamson launches consultation on behaviour in schools
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Mobile phones could be officially banned in schools under new government plans
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Pupils face immediate school-wide mobile phone ban to combat class chaos
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Education Secretary launches call for evidence on behaviour in schools
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Mobile phone ban plan to improve school behaviour
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Williamson wants teachers' tips for 'calm' classrooms
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Schools ‘to become mobile phone-free zones’ under proposal after fears over use could ‘damage’ children’s well-being
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  • Jun 29, 2021
DfE behaviour consultation seeks views on mobile phone bans
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Ban on mobile phones in English schools proposed by Gavin Williamson
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Pupils face ban on mobiles to create 'calm classrooms'
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Education secretary wants ban on mobile phones in English schools
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Pupils face total ban on mobile phone use
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  • Jun 29, 2021
DfE tells schools to prepare for return of on-site Covid testing in September
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  • Jun 28, 2021
Mobile phones banned to curb sexual bullying at school
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  • Jun 15, 2021
Mobile phones? Does Gavin have any real ideas at all?
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  • Apr 30, 2021
Mixed signals: evidence for mobile phone bans contested
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  • Apr 29, 2021
Gibb: Schools that ban phones 'have higher test scores'
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  • Apr 29, 2021
Michael Rosen: Dear Gavin Williamson, teenagers use mobile phones. Get with the times
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  • Apr 24, 2021
Generation of home-schooled children lacked 'discipline and order' during lockdown says Gavin Williamson
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  • Apr 7, 2021
Is academic performance related to mobile phone use?
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  • Mar 16, 2021
Young adults addicted to smartphones 'losing sleep and neglecting areas of life'
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  • Mar 2, 2021
Nearly four in 10 university students addicted to smartphones, study finds
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  • Mar 2, 2021
Half of students breaking rules on phone use in schools
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Mobile phones Phone ban Rules
  • Oct 8, 2020
Government suggests schools relax phone bans to allow use of NHS Covid app
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  • Sep 22, 2020
Government suggests schools and colleges relax phone bans to allow use of NHS Covid app
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  • Sep 22, 2020
Parents bottle it on phones, 'strictest' head teacher says
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  • Jun 9, 2020
Pupils still bringing phones into exams, Ofqual warns
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  • Mar 2, 2020
Scottish pupils 'should switch off mobile phones' to improve education standards
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  • Feb 20, 2020
Majority of children use their phones daily or almost all the time
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  • Feb 11, 2020
Half of UK 10-year-olds own a smartphone
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  • Feb 4, 2020
Around half of five- to 10-year-olds own a mobile phone
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  • Jan 30, 2020
Teachers less likely to take phones away from white, privileged children
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  • Jan 30, 2020
Most pupils 'own a phone by age 7'
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  • Jan 30, 2020
Most children sleep with mobile phone beside bed
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  • Jan 30, 2020
Playing quiz-games on their phones: A winning combination?
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  • Jan 10, 2020
Teenagers should be banned from using mobiles in school because their brains are not mature enough, leading headteacher says
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  • Jan 9, 2020
Gordonstoun head backs mobile phone ban in schools
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  • Jan 9, 2020
Mobile phones can help pupils in the classroom and should not be banned
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  • Jan 9, 2020
Don't 'demonise' mobile phones, schools' leader urges
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  • Jan 8, 2020
Mobile phones in class help learning, top teacher claims
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  • Jan 8, 2020
Gillian Bowditch: Our children need to stay switched on to technology
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  • Dec 29, 2019
Scotland: Phone ban helps school to best results in 5 years
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  • Dec 26, 2019
Schools lock up pupils’ phones for holidays
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  • Dec 22, 2019
‘I’m not blaming the parents’ – Michaela head defends smartphone criticism
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  • Dec 16, 2019
Rising number of pupils caught bringing phones into exams
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  • Dec 13, 2019
Exam malpractice: More pupils caught with mobile phones
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  • Dec 13, 2019
One in four teenagers ‘face mental health risk’ from phone addiction
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  • Nov 29, 2019
Mobile phone ban in school relaxed to 'ease friction'
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  • Oct 16, 2019
Ireland: Study persuades pupils to shun phones before bed
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  • Oct 14, 2019
School bans parents from using phones in playground to stop them ignoring their children
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  • Oct 9, 2019
School completely bans mobile phones and teachers say kids' behaviour changes
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  • Sep 19, 2019
Half of all parents want children’s school to ban mobile phones
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  • Aug 30, 2019
Nearly half of parents want school mobile phones ban
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  • Aug 30, 2019
Half of parents 'want mobile phones banned in schools'
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  • Aug 30, 2019
Teenage hangups: the drastic plans to keep high schoolers off their phones
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  • Aug 28, 2019
Social-media use 'disrupting teen sleep and exercise'
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  • Aug 14, 2019
Teenagers should ditch their smartphones and ‘get outdoors’, urges Education Secretary
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  • Jul 20, 2019
School mobile phone ban ‘wonderful’, says psychologist
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  • Jul 18, 2019
Pupils face phone ban at Scotland’s newest secondary school
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  • Jul 17, 2019
Scotland’s newest secondary school’s ‘social media detox’ as pupils told to put phones in lockers
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  • Jul 16, 2019
Mobile phones in the classroom: to ban, or not to ban?
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  • Jul 13, 2019
Culture secretary Jeremy Wright: Tech firms must step up against bullying at school
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  • Jul 7, 2019
Education Secretary Damian Hinds urges parents to put down smartphone and talk to their children
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  • Jul 1, 2019
Katharine Birbalsingh: Shame the parents who give mobiles to toddlers
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  • Jun 22, 2019
Government should shame parents who give phones to toddlers, head of Britain's strictest school says
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  • Jun 21, 2019
‘Shame’ parents over phones says ‘strictest’ head
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  • Jun 20, 2019
Could a ban on mobile phones in schools reduce cyberbullying?
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  • Jun 20, 2019
Phone habits piling pressure on school chefs
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  • Jun 11, 2019
Phone-free Fridays help pupils in Wales worried about mobile addiction
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  • May 24, 2019
Mobile phone addiction harming children's health and education
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  • May 22, 2019
Pupils surviving on two hours' sleep due to 'phone addiction'
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  • May 20, 2019
Roedean makes pupils ditch phones and forge real friendships
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  • May 19, 2019
School 'quiet' centre commemorates Dunstable brothers killed in Newbury
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  • May 15, 2019
Pupils 'don't get gravity’ of mobile phone exam ban, says Ofqual
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  • May 10, 2019
'Upskirting' pictures of teachers are being taken by pupils as young as 11, union boss warns
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  • Apr 21, 2019
Female teachers need protection from sexual harassment, says union
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  • Apr 21, 2019
More female teachers report upskirting, says union
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  • Apr 21, 2019
Children as young as 11 are upskirting teachers as reports in schools grow, union leader says
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  • Apr 21, 2019
Teachers upskirted by 11-year-olds, union warns
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  • Apr 21, 2019
Mobile phones: Will banning tech compromise pupils’ futures?
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  • Apr 14, 2019
Schools should model mobile use, not ban them
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  • Mar 27, 2019
Scotland: Boarding school Glenalmond College’s mobile phone ban boosts learning
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  • Mar 25, 2019
School mobile phone bans are doomed to fail, says leading head
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  • Mar 19, 2019
The mobile phone in schools debate rumbles on
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 27, 2019
Banning mobile phones in schools would be a big mistake
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  • Feb 22, 2019
'Students are glued to their phones so take advantage'
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  • Feb 17, 2019
Let school leaders decide mobile phone policy
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  • Feb 8, 2019
School nabs pupils’ mobile phones and charges parents £2 ransom to get them back
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  • Feb 8, 2019
Pupils face £2 ‘fines’ to get their phones back
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  • Feb 8, 2019
School demands £2 ‘ransom’ for return of pupils’ phones
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  • Feb 8, 2019
DfE minister urges schools to ban smartphones
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  • Feb 5, 2019
Classroom technology: Smartphones in school - ban, restrict or allow?
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  • Feb 3, 2019
Ban mobiles in classrooms to curb 'excessive' screen time, says schools minister
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Why asking students to ‘switch off’ shows misunderstanding of their social dynamic
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Gibb calls on schools to ban phones
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Ban phones in schools, says minister Nick Gibb
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Minister rejects call for blanket ban on mobile phones in schools
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Ban smartphones from the classroom and lecture kids on dangers, minister suggests
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Smartphones should be banned from classrooms, says schools minister
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Mobile phones should be banned from classrooms, says Minister for Schools
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Ban mobile phone use in schools
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  • Feb 2, 2019
Mobile phones ‘should be banned from schools’, minister says
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  • Feb 2, 2019
More than 5 per cent of young children have their own smartphone
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  • Jan 29, 2019
Ireland: Take disadvantage away from children, not their mobiles | Una Power
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Ireland: Children using mobiles by age 9 do worse in exams, study claims
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  • Jan 16, 2019
Students take mobile phones into exams as they feel 'anxious' without them, exam officers say
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  • Jan 11, 2019
School leaders: who sits at your table? And four more questions for the new year
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  • Jan 3, 2019
Hinds tells parents: ‘Put down your smartphones’
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  • Dec 31, 2018
Parents should ‘lead by example’ and limit own screen time, education secretary says
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  • Dec 31, 2018
Parents should 'lead by example' set themselves screen time limits, Education Secretary says
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  • Dec 30, 2018
Phones in classrooms are fuelling 'serious' levels of disruption, a report claims
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  • Dec 17, 2018
Pupils penalised for phones in GCSE and A-level exam rooms up 22%
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  • Dec 13, 2018
Exam malpractice: Drop in penalties for staff as mobile phone breaches soar
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  • Dec 13, 2018
South Hampstead High School asks parents to sign pledge curbing phone use at home
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Mobile phones
  • Nov 30, 2018
Parents struggle to handle children's tech habits
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  • Nov 19, 2018
'Schools should have consistent policy on phones'
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  • Nov 13, 2018
Log off and talk to your children'
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  • Nov 11, 2018
Government tells parents to ‘put down their phones’ and help their children with their homework
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  • Nov 11, 2018
Phones ‘not to blame’ for loss of sleep
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  • Nov 7, 2018
Three-quarters of British parents want 'hugely distracting' smartphones banned from classrooms
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  • Oct 31, 2018
Children should be banned from taking mobile phones into class, say three quarters of parents
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  • Oct 30, 2018
A call to action: Mental health and smartphone usage
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  • Oct 30, 2018
Eton head teacher sparks backlash from teachers after banning pupils from using phones
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  • Oct 13, 2018
Eton faces backlash after banning mobile phones in the classroom
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  • Oct 12, 2018
Education Secretary says schools should ban phones to give kids a technology-free zone
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  • Oct 12, 2018
Buy children ‘brick’ phones, parents told
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  • Oct 12, 2018
Education Secretary Damian Hinds says he backs schools that ban mobile phones from the classroom
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  • Oct 11, 2018
Hinds: 'Schools should be phone-free - but I won't ban them'
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  • Oct 11, 2018
Mobile tech to link UK schools to classrooms in other continents
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  • Sep 14, 2018
Smartphones have been banned in French schools and British parents call for same ruling in classrooms
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  • Sep 5, 2018
Most parents want smartphone ban in schools
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  • Sep 4, 2018
Most parents think smartphones should be banned in school
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Mobile phones Bullying
  • Sep 4, 2018
‘Schools must ban mobile phones to save pupils from online bullying’
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  • Sep 4, 2018
Parents must limit smartphone use to tackle self-harm
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  • Aug 7, 2018
Could you and your school go scroll free this September?
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  • Jul 31, 2018
Checking phones in lectures can cost students half a grade in exams
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  • Jul 27, 2018
Fiddling with phone harms exam grades
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  • Jul 27, 2018
Put down phones and talk to children, parents told
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  • Jul 24, 2018
It's not enough to ban mobile phones in schools – tech giants must also change their ways
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  • Jul 16, 2018
Parents should put down phones and speak to children to boost vocabulary, author Philip Pullman has urged
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  • Jul 6, 2018
Parents should put down phones and speak to children to boost vocabulary, author Philip Pullman has urged
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  • Jul 6, 2018
Phone use
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  • Jul 3, 2018
Should children be banned from using mobile phones in the classroom?
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  • Jul 1, 2018
A mobile phone ban doesn’t make for draconian tyranny
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Mobile phones
  • Jun 30, 2018
Brighton College head says pupils found it 'liberating' to switch off their phones
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  • Jun 25, 2018
Save children from the mobile menace - by turning yours off and giving them love and attention
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  • Jun 24, 2018
The Guardian view on mobile phones: schools are better without them | Editorial
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  • Jun 22, 2018
Love Island ‘a sad reflection on the education system’ says former Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw
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  • Jun 22, 2018
Why we must ban phones in school now...whatever the demanding little wretches might say
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  • Jun 21, 2018
Ex-Ofsted chief Michael Wilshaw demands ban on phones in all schools
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  • Jun 21, 2018
Watchdog backs call to ban pupils using their mobile phones during the school day
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  • Jun 21, 2018
Ban phones in schools and bring back old fashioned punishments like lines and litter picking, Ofsted chief demands
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  • Jun 21, 2018
Ofsted chief backs calls to ban mobile phones in schools
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  • Jun 21, 2018
Ofsted chief inspector backs ban on phones in schools
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  • Jun 21, 2018
Chief inspector backs calls for mobile phones to be banned in schools
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Mobile phones
  • Jun 21, 2018
Ban mobiles in schools to improve grades and reduce bullying, says Culture Secretary
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Mobile phones
  • Jun 20, 2018
Daily roundup 20 June: Mobile phones, medical cannabis, and airport detention
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  • Jun 20, 2018
Matt Hancock calls on schools to ban mobile phones in classrooms
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  • Jun 20, 2018
Are mobile phones allowed in schools, could there be a classroom ban
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Mobile phones Behaviour
  • Jun 20, 2018
More headteachers should ban mobile phones in school, says minister
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  • Jun 20, 2018
Culture Secretary encourages ban on mobile phones in the classroom
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  • Jun 20, 2018
Ban mobile phones to protect pupils, minister tells schools
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  • Jun 20, 2018
Matt Hancock: schools across the UK should ban mobile phones
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  • Jun 20, 2018
Exclusive: Teachers should ban mobile phones in classrooms, says minister
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Mobile phones Social media
  • Jun 19, 2018
Yes, we can teach our children about technology, but let’s just ban phones in school
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  • Jun 17, 2018
Stressed Eton boys welcome mobile curfew to help them sleep
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  • Jun 14, 2018
Don't be afraid to take phones off teens, says Eton head
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  • Jun 13, 2018
UK university figures show up to fivefold rise in first-class degrees
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  • Jun 13, 2018
Eton College pupils told to hand over their mobile phones at night
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  • Jun 13, 2018
France has banned mobile phones in schools and it’s time we did the same in the UK
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  • Jun 9, 2018
Ireland: Schools to set rules on smartphone use at home
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  • May 21, 2018
Mobile phones mean young people 'can no longer read maps'
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  • May 2, 2018
Students do not trust exam officers to look after their mobile phones during GCSEs and A levels, Ofqual boss suggests
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  • Apr 20, 2018
Ireland: Primary school bans smartphones and social media to ‘protect’ pupils
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  • Apr 20, 2018
Police warn parents over app used to hide photos
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  • Apr 17, 2018
Media multitasking
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  • Apr 15, 2018
Daily roundup 9 April: Domestic violence, smartphones, and child sexual exploitation
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  • Apr 9, 2018
Smartphone six‑year‑olds are glued to the screen
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  • Apr 9, 2018
Ireland: Children face ban on bringing smartphones into school
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  • Apr 4, 2018
Call for mobile phones to be banned in schools in a bid to save teachers from 'upskirting'
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  • Mar 31, 2018
Exam malpractice up because pupils 'can't bear to be separated' from their mobiles
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  • Mar 12, 2018
Time limits for children hooked on social media
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  • Mar 10, 2018
Use of mobile phones in exams fuels annual rise in cheating
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Scotland Exams Cheating Mobile phones
  • Feb 28, 2018
Sexting: One in seven teens are sending sexually explicit images, says new research
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  • Feb 27, 2018
Sturgeon education guru backs school mobile phone ban
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  • Feb 25, 2018
Smartphones are bad for some teens, not all
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  • Feb 22, 2018
MPs investigate impact of social media and screens on youth
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  • Feb 21, 2018
Scotland: Education experts say 'ban phones in school as they damage learning'
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  • Feb 18, 2018
Scotland: Ban mobiles to stamp out upskirting, schools urged
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  • Feb 12, 2018
Australia: should mobile phones be banned to stop cyber bullying?
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  • Feb 4, 2018
Enjoy 'FOMO', pupils at top Wimbledon girls' school told as head introduces 'digital rules'
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  • Feb 1, 2018
Phone-addicted teens are unhappy
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Secondary Mobile phones Social media
  • Jan 23, 2018
Rise in pupils caught with phones during exams
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Exams Mobile phones Cheating
  • Jan 6, 2018
More than 1,000 pupils penalised for phones in GCSE and A-level exams
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GCSEs A-levels Exams Cheating Mobile phones
  • Jan 5, 2018
Parents 'must teach children about dangers of smartphones before they take them to school'
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Mobile phones Parents Behaviour Ed tech Scotland Unions Social media Safeguarding SSTA
  • Dec 21, 2017
A tool or a distraction? UK schools' approach to mobile phones varies widely
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Mobile phones Technology Primary Secondary Unions France
  • Dec 15, 2017
Headteacher of UK boarding school backs France's mobile phone ban in bid to stop pupils becoming addicted
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Mobile phones Boarding schools Social media France Technology
  • Dec 12, 2017
French schools ban kids of all ages using mobiles during breaks and between lessons… and the idea could come to Britain
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Mobile phones Technology France Social media DfE Pupil performance
  • Dec 12, 2017
France wants stricter child phone ban in schools
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Mobile phones France Primary Secondary
  • Dec 12, 2017
Ban children from bringing mobile phones to school
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Mobile phones Technology Primary Secondary Attainment League tables Pupil performance
  • Dec 12, 2017
French pupils given phone ban and told to join choir in Macron school shake-up
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France Mobile phones Primary Secondary Attainment Pupil performance
  • Dec 12, 2017
'Signal-blocking phone pouches' for St Patrick's pupils
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Technology Mobile phones Grammar schools Northern Ireland Safety
  • Nov 22, 2017
New app urges children to think before texting naked pic
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Texting Mobile phones
  • Nov 12, 2017
Image bank helps young people to say ‘no’ to online sexting requests
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Secondary schools Mobile phones
  • Nov 8, 2017
Children send 35,000 texts by the age of 14
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Mobile phones
  • Nov 8, 2017
New figures reveal sexting cases among youngsters have rocketed
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Mobile phones
  • Nov 6, 2017
Police investigate 17 child sexting cases a day
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Mobile phones
  • Nov 6, 2017
Children as young as ten are sexting
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Mobile phones
  • Nov 6, 2017
The headmaster who banned mobile phones... bringing back textbooks
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Mobile phones Textbooks
  • Nov 2, 2017
Separation from your cellphone boosts your cognitive capacity
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Learning Scientists Cognitive skills Mobile phones Technology
  • Oct 12, 2017
School gives pupils alarm clocks over fears their phones are disrupting sleep
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Independent Mobile phones Technology Social media Secondary schools
  • Oct 11, 2017
Headmistress hands girls alarm clocks so parents can ban mobile phones from bedrooms
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Telegraph Mobile phones Social media Technology
  • Oct 11, 2017
Hampton school gives pupils alarm clocks to replace 'distracting phones'
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BBC Secondary schools Mobile phones Social media
  • Oct 11, 2017
Ban mobile internet to keep children off smartphones at school, leading headmistress says
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Mobile phones
  • Sep 24, 2017
Phone ownership more likely to put kids at risk of bullying
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Scotsman Scotland Mobile phones Bullying Cyber bullying Primary schools
  • Sep 18, 2017
Cell phones in the classroom
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Learning Scientists Mobile phones Resources Technology
  • Sep 17, 2017
What’s the law on confiscating a pupil’s mobile phone?
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Schools Week Mobile phones Technology Teachers Discipline
  • Sep 13, 2017
Leading private school forces pupils to hand in mobile phones in effort to wean them off 'addiction'
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Telegraph Private schools Mobile phones Technology
  • Aug 30, 2017
MSP wants headteachers to be allowed to ban mobiles in school
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Scotsman Scotland Primary schools Secondary schools Mobile phones Attainment
  • Aug 15, 2017