Mobile phones are weapons – history will judge us for allowing them in schools
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 7, 2022
U-turn on school phone ban isn’t smartest move – phones don’t belong in school
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • 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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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 3, 2022
Government U-turns on plan to ban mobile phones from schools in England
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 3, 2022
Behaviour: DfE rows back on mobile phone crackdown
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 3, 2022
Blanket ban on mobile phones in English schools ditched in Government U-turn
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • 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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Mobile phones Phone ban Mental health
  • Oct 30, 2021
Mobile phone ban in schools risks giving students ‘anxiety’ – union hits out at Williamson
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management Anxiety
  • Aug 18, 2021
Teaching union rails against Gavin Williamson's bid to make schools 'mobile-free' zones
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Aug 17, 2021
Banning phones in schools will cause pupils to misbehave, union claims
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Aug 16, 2021
ASCL responds to DfE consultation on student behaviours
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Aug 16, 2021
Plan to ban phones from classrooms is out of touch, say UK school leaders
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Aug 16, 2021
Williamson 'outdated and out of touch' on phones
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management Gavin Williamson
  • Aug 16, 2021
Pupils' use of mobile phones in the classroom is a challenge to discipline that headteachers must meet
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Scotland Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Aug 12, 2021
Mobile crackdown may only amount to advice, admits Gibb
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Jul 21, 2021
Gavin Williamson wants to axe mobile phones from classrooms amid review of pupils' behaviour
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Jul 6, 2021
Banning mobiles transformed my school & rescued kids glued to their phones
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Jul 3, 2021
Banning phones can be ‘very easy’, say some schools
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Behaviour management Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jun 29, 2021
Education secretary Williamson proposes ban on mobile phones in schools
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Gavin Williamson Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Jun 29, 2021
Williamson launches consultation on behaviour in schools
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Gavin Williamson Behaviour management Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jun 29, 2021
Mobile phones could be officially banned in schools under new government plans
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Jun 29, 2021
Pupils face immediate school-wide mobile phone ban to combat class chaos
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Jun 29, 2021
Education Secretary launches call for evidence on behaviour in schools
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Behaviour management Gavin Williamson Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jun 29, 2021
Mobile phone ban plan to improve school behaviour
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jun 29, 2021
Williamson wants teachers' tips for 'calm' classrooms
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Gavin Williamson Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • 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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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Jun 29, 2021
DfE behaviour consultation seeks views on mobile phone bans
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jun 29, 2021
Ban on mobile phones in English schools proposed by Gavin Williamson
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jun 29, 2021
Pupils face ban on mobiles to create 'calm classrooms'
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Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Jun 29, 2021
Education secretary wants ban on mobile phones in English schools
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jun 29, 2021
Pupils face total ban on mobile phone use
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Behaviour management Phone ban Mobile phones
  • Jun 29, 2021
DfE tells schools to prepare for return of on-site Covid testing in September
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Phone ban Mobile phones
  • Jun 28, 2021
Mobile phones banned to curb sexual bullying at school
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Mobile phones Phone ban Sexual bullying
  • Jun 15, 2021
Mobile phones? Does Gavin have any real ideas at all?
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Mobile phones Phone ban Gavin Williamson Policy Behaviour
  • Apr 30, 2021
Mixed signals: evidence for mobile phone bans contested
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Mobile phones Phone ban Pupil performance
  • Apr 29, 2021
Gibb: Schools that ban phones 'have higher test scores'
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Mobile phones Phone ban Pupil performance
  • Apr 29, 2021
Are behaviour hubs or phone bans what schools really need now?
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Coronavirus Lockdown Phone ban Behaviour Behaviour hubs Educational inequality
  • Apr 9, 2021
Gavin Williamson calls for classroom mobile phone ban in clampdown on bad behaviour
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Gavin Williamson Phone ban Discipline Behaviour Behaviour hubs Coronavirus Lockdown
  • Apr 7, 2021
Mobile phones should be banned in schools - Gavin Williamson
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  • Apr 7, 2021
Gavin Williamson backs schools taking action against scourge of mobile phones
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Gavin Williamson Coronavirus Discipline Behaviour Phone ban
  • Apr 7, 2021
Gavin Williamson urges schools to crack down on discipline and mobile phone use after lockdown ‘inevitably’ affected pupils
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  • Apr 7, 2021
Generation of children lack "discipline and order" during lockdown says Gavin Williamson
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Coronavirus Lockdown Discipline Behaviour Phone ban Gavin Williamson
  • Apr 7, 2021
Phones could be banned in schools to return ‘discipline lost’ in lockdown
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Coronavirus Lockdown Discipline Behaviour Phone ban Gavin Williamson
  • Apr 7, 2021
Discipline drive: DfE backing school mobile phone bans
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  • Apr 7, 2021
Generation of home-schooled children lacked 'discipline and order' during lockdown says Gavin Williamson
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  • Apr 7, 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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Coronavirus Covid-19 app Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Sep 22, 2020
Government suggests schools and colleges relax phone bans to allow use of NHS Covid app
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Coronavirus Covid-19 app Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Sep 22, 2020
Pupils still bringing phones into exams, Ofqual warns
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  • Mar 2, 2020
Williamson calls for silent corridors and banned mobiles ‘to be the norm’
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Behaviour Discipline Phone ban Disruption
  • Feb 28, 2020
Ban mobiles and make corridors silent, says Williamson
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Phone ban Discipline Behaviour
  • Feb 28, 2020
Ban phones and queue in silence for better GCSEs, says Gavin Williamson
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Discipline Behaviour Phone ban
  • Feb 28, 2020
Teachers less likely to take phones away from white, privileged children
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Mobile phones Phone ban Inequality
  • Jan 30, 2020
Teenagers should be banned from using mobiles in school because their brains are not mature enough, leading headteacher says
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jan 9, 2020
Gordonstoun head backs mobile phone ban in schools
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jan 9, 2020
Mobile phones can help pupils in the classroom and should not be banned
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jan 9, 2020
Scotland: Phone ban helps school to best results in 5 years
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Scotland Phone ban Mobile phones Independent schools
  • Dec 26, 2019
Mobile phone ban in school relaxed to 'ease friction'
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Oct 16, 2019
School bans parents from using phones in playground to stop them ignoring their children
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Parents Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Oct 9, 2019
School completely bans mobile phones and teachers say kids' behaviour changes
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Wales Mobile phones Phone ban Behaviour management
  • Sep 19, 2019
Half of all parents want children’s school to ban mobile phones
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Aug 30, 2019
Nearly half of parents want school mobile phones ban
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Aug 30, 2019
Half of parents 'want mobile phones banned in schools'
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Aug 30, 2019
School mobile phone ban ‘wonderful’, says psychologist
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Scotland Secondary Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jul 18, 2019
Pupils face phone ban at Scotland’s newest secondary school
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Scotland Mobile phones Phone ban Secondary
  • Jul 17, 2019
Scotland’s newest secondary school’s ‘social media detox’ as pupils told to put phones in lockers
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Scotland Secondary Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jul 16, 2019
Mobile phones in the classroom: to ban, or not to ban?
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Jul 13, 2019
Could a ban on mobile phones in schools reduce cyberbullying?
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Mobile phones Phone ban Cyber bullying Social media
  • Jun 20, 2019
Phone-free Fridays help pupils in Wales worried about mobile addiction
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Mobile phones Phone ban Wales
  • May 24, 2019
Pupils 'don't get gravity’ of mobile phone exam ban, says Ofqual
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Mobile phones Phone ban Exams Ofqual
  • May 10, 2019
Schools should model mobile use, not ban them
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • 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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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • 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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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 22, 2019
DfE minister urges schools to ban smartphones
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 5, 2019
Classroom technology: Smartphones in school - ban, restrict or allow?
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 3, 2019
Mental health nurse urges parents to ban screens from the bedrooms of under‑16s
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Digital devices Phone ban Mental health Sleep
  • Feb 3, 2019
Ban mobiles in classrooms to curb 'excessive' screen time, says schools minister
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019
Gibb calls on schools to ban phones
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019
Ban phones in schools, says minister Nick Gibb
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019
Minister rejects call for blanket ban on mobile phones in schools
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019
Ban smartphones from the classroom and lecture kids on dangers, minister suggests
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019
Smartphones should be banned from classrooms, says schools minister
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019
Mobile phones should be banned from classrooms, says Minister for Schools
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019
Ban mobile phone use in schools
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019
Mobile phones ‘should be banned from schools’, minister says
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Mobile phones Phone ban
  • Feb 2, 2019