Do mobile phones in school support or hinder pupils’ mental health and academic achievement?
1 in 7 adolescents (age 11-16) in the UK have a diagnosable mental health disorder. At the same time, most adolescents own a smartphone and many use social media …
A study funded by the National Institute for Health Research to be published by the University of Birmingham will compare pupil mental wellbeing in schools that restrict phone use, with schools that permit phone use (e.g. allow phones to be used at breaks and lunchtimes).
