Does your school allow phone use during day?

No but we know they do to the loo and use them and often vape too. If caught there are 3 consequences: 1. Phone taken from them til end of the day
2nd offence- parents come in and collect; 3rd- parents meet with SLT.

Phones switched off and in bags here as DS’s school. That includes break and lunch. He doesn’t bother taking his

If confiscated they have to collect them from the HT at the end of the day, and that’s when it’s convenient for her. So if she’s in a meeting you have to hang about. I imagine she doesn’t keep them waiting too long as she seems a reasonable type.

I assume if you aren’t able to wait it’s the following day.

No phones allowed at dc state secondary...have to be off and out of sight. If a phone goes off or even an outline seen in blazer packet it's an instant detention and phone confiscated and parent has to go into school to collect it.

I think all these schools banning phones headlines are weird as I don't know one school near us that's allowed it.

A friend's daughter was sexually assaulted at school, and the video is now forever online.

Of course allowing phones in school is a safeguarding risk.

BUT many, many schools already ban and enforce the ban on the use of phones on school premises.

Bloody hell.

And of course in between doing maths problems they are chatting. taking selfies, videoing each other, and the teacher. Or dealing vapes and so on - and no the teachers cannot see the phone screens and put a stop to that.

The bad stuff happens within the virtual environment and inside the kids' minds.
The schools I work at tell parents that phones are banned. The rule is switched off in bag.
In practice, kids use their phones in tutor time "to do homework", in maths "I forgot my password but my phone is logged into the maths software". Repeat in English, Science, MFL. In PE they use phones as timers. In art they look for a picture to copy from the internet.
Literally every single lesson they have their phones out.
They struggle to work from textbooks because the gamified edutainment software has melted their brains.

Previous school I worked in, they were allowed if switched off in bags - it was "see it, hear it, take it" and it would have to be collected at the end of the day. Second offence, it had to be collected by parent at the end of the day, third offence it had to be collected by the parent at the end of term - the parental collection was deliberate to make it inconvenient for the parent and annoying for student so that it discouraged those flouting the rules.

@OutOutt must be a small school!!

Yes is the answer.

Our school has a no phones out of bags policy. They all work on laptops and iPads but strictly no phones.

We've had children in our local comp. since 2011. Phones were not permitted on the premises until 2022 and now they can be brought to and from school but if seen at any point in the school day they are confiscated and parents have to collect.

But do you set parental controls to restrict internet browsing, caneea etc etc during school time? If you do then its a medical device. It shouldnt be an excuse to avoid the rules.

DD's school have introduced a new policy for this year, they aren't allowed them during the day - have to be switched off and in bags. Including lunchtime and breaks.

No.

All phones are handed in to their head of year before registration and collected back at the end of the day.

I think this would work differently in Scotland, we don't apply for schools in the same way and you're entitled to a place at your local school for the most part.
(incidentally I did get a text to tell me my mum had died! Not while I was a kid thankfully)

Phones are banned and confiscated if seen but they also expect the kids to use them when it suits them. My Yr 11 son has to use his phone in 2 subjects.

Upskirting.

Fights escalating/encouraged to be videoed for entertainment purposes.

Airdropping inappropriate videos/messages, showing it to each other etc.

Taking unflattering pics/vids to share of other pupils or teachers.

That's just off the top of my head.

All phones must be deposited in a (provided) Faraday pouch which is locked at 8.30 and unlocked at 4pm.

Any unlocked phones are confiscated and a parent must collect them from the school office.

It works well. Bullying almost stopped overnight. Has my complete support.

My dd started school this September. They do allow phones as long as they stay in bags during lessons.
When I've asked about making friends and who she chats to at break/lunch she just says that everybody is busy looking at their phones really so she's not getting to know people.
I realise that it's early days but it's making me a bit sad.

My DD’s school allowed then when she started year 7, a change of HT saw them being banned going into year 8 last year.
My DD is allowed hers but rarely uses it because the teachers ‘forget’ and other students ask why.. so she only checks it break times descretly and that takes seconds ..

@Tomorrowisyesterday yy. I remember a kid saying “ but what if my mum died?”

i suggested that this news might not come by text 😀

thing is , if a school consults and there’s only limited opposition, then the parents can always move their kids elsewhere 🤷‍♀️

My DC's secondary school (state) confiscates phones and keeps them for 24 hours if they're seen or heard. The children are allowed to keep them turned off in their bags. They're monitored during lunch and breaks, so there's nowhere they could use them except in the loo cubicle, as far as I know.

I'm shocked that any school allows them at all. Also that textbooks aren't used more. Is school funding so severely in crisis that schools have to depend on phone internet because they can't afford basic books or a computer for anything that has to be found online (surely up to GCSE level that isn't necessary... perhaps for geography? I must be getting old)?

I don't think parents in my school would accept this or respect it.
well some would but I think there's be a vocal minority complaining about their "rights".

A school is also our workplace. School has to ensure we can do our jobs without being humiliated by videos being put online for eg