However, her report also recommended the government should "conduct more research into the potential benefits of wider ...

If the kids themselves are able to handle phone-free school days just fine, their overzealous parents need to figure out how to handle it too. "Touching grass" is an insult generally reserved for the ...

A recent survey conducted by the Children’s Commissioner across more than 15,000 schools in England revealed that most already have policies limiting phone use during the school day. Publishing ...

Smartphone use should be restricted for children outside of school to keep them safe ‘beyond the classroom’, the Children's Commissioner has suggested It comes as a major new survey of 19,000 ...

The Conservatives will seek a total ban on children using mobile phones in school today. The opposition wants to rewrite the ...

Many of the policymakers supporting school cellphone limits claim phones and access to social media can have a harmful effect on children, particularly teens. But it's important to note that ...

Banning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not "imposed nationally by the government", England's children's commissioner has said. Nine in ten secondary schools restrict ...