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Does your school allow phone use during day?

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StrugglingGrief · 14/09/2024 09:18

I spotted this article on the BBC this morning.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgdx7ddz55o

Our senior school has never allowed phones during the day they are expected to be switched off during school hours 840-410.

i didn’t know other schools did. Does your’s? Children are told to go to reception if they need to contact parents and we contact reception if we need to contact them.

A picture of a student's hand placing a mobile phone in a plastic box in a school

One of England's largest school academies to go phone-free

Ormiston Academies Trust is removing access to phones for 35,000 pupils at its 42 schools.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgdx7ddz55o

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StrugglingGrief · 14/09/2024 09:56

Of course if it’s necessary for health I didn’t mean that.

The children are allowed to keep their phones with them but they have to be switched off. I guess there is a lot of trust on that basis. My DC don’t appear to have broken that rule. On sports trips they are allowed to take their phones and then call parents on their way back so we know the collection time.

During lessons I’ve not heard of phone use or for research.

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OatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 14/09/2024 09:38

Phones are put in lock boxes in each class at DC’s school. Just implemented this year.

OpalSquid · 14/09/2024 09:36

It’s a blanket no phones at my DDs school.
If they are seen they are confiscated and have to be collected by an adult but the reception desk closes at 4pm so impossible for a lot of parents to collect.
That said whenever they are on a trip or sports match the teachers will ask them to message parents if running late etc. Very occasionally science teachers ask them to photograph or film experiments and demonstrations. So it’s very confusing.

Wwyd2025 · 14/09/2024 09:34

Yes, my 8 year old needs to use his phone at all times. It's basically a life support keeping him alive.

Greytulips · 14/09/2024 09:34

No phones policy has just been implemented here. Not sure if/when they’ll be results in the affects of this but I should imagine it will be positive for those children - even if they don’t accept it!!

There are some diabetic children who are allowed their phones. (Obviously)

oObyeOo · 14/09/2024 09:31

I work in a semi school with many kids in care. We have a blanket no phones rule for safeguarding purposes.

FloofPaws · 14/09/2024 09:30

My children go to a school where phones are t allowed at all. If someone has an absolute need then it's kept in student services but that's very rare

treeindigo · 14/09/2024 09:30

No not allowed, has to be switched off and out sight, no adults visiting are supposed to have their phones out during the day either. It helps the school is in a very weird black hole for signal, it feels designed!

oObyeOo · 14/09/2024 09:30

My day school has a blanket no phone ban for the whole day. He just leaves it at home.

Stropalotopus83 · 14/09/2024 09:30

DD is in YR11 and is expected to have a phone with her. They use it to access the internet in class and online resources.

Tomorrowisyesterday · 14/09/2024 09:28

We often need pupils to use them in class to access resources because the wifi is too poor for their school devices (so they use data). Not ideal obviously but no one will sort out the wifi

MigGril · 14/09/2024 09:27

My kids school doesn't and never has, phones get convinced if seen in use and parents have to collect them.

The school I work at used to allow students to use them in break time. They brought in new rules last year that no phone use during the school day either, phones get convinced and sent to the front office for collection at the end of the day. We are more rural and school feels students need to be able to have phones to take home. They do get detentions for multiple infections.

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