Rejected petition Allow Use of Mobile Phones in Secondary School

Students should be allowed to go on their phones during break and lunch times for entertainment, communicating with family and for revision/homework purposes. You could also regulate it to certain years for example once you get into year 8 and above mobile phone use is allowed.

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There have been countless times were students would of benefited from having access to their phone. For example - people needing to contact parents for items they have forgotten and they need for lessons or needing to do quick revision for a refresher before a test.

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'Require schools to allow children to bring a mobile phone into secondary school'
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641178

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Date submitted 17 October 2023
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