I'm a former teacher, this is what I make of the school mobile phone ban

www.sunderlandecho.com— Schools across Sunderland have recently been given a Government directive to ban the use of mobile phones during the school day. The announcement was followed by the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan appearing on a whole host of media outlets promoting the hard-hitting policy as a signal of the Government clamping down on disruption in schools. Ms Keegan said that mobile phones have “no place” in a school day and vowed the policy would “reset the social norm” and improve behaviour. It was a...

www.bristolpost.co.uk—Schools told to make children hand over phones at start of day. Secondary schools with an “effective ban” are more than twice as likely to be rated outstanding by Ofsted as the national average

www.thestar.co.uk—Former family centre to be demolished to make way for specialist school. A former family centre will be demolished to make way for a unit to provide places for youngsters with special educational needs. Stairfoot Primary Centre, near Hunningley Primary School, will be demolished to make way for a purpose-built unit to accommodate 15 children with special educational needs. The family centre closed following the Covid pandemic. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council says the centre should be complete for the new school year this September. The council is currently in...

The Independent—Phone ban could improve school performance and student wellbeing, study says. Study of 162 secondary schools in England suggests ‘clear correlation’ between effective phone ban and better school performance