Fact check: How many schools ban mobile phones?

Fact check: How many schools ban mobile phones?

With phones in schools under the spotlight following the Netflix drama Adolescence and an exchange at PMQs, Full Fact looks at what the data tells us.

I'm sure if you have children you've asked yourself more than once. The question of a million years ago for many parents is at what age is it advisable for my daughter or son to have a mobile phone? Habemus debates but, perhaps, in these times more, fueled by the Netflix series, "Adolescence." Infantojuvenil psychologist Ainhoa Otero, from MFL Psychology and Training, gives some clues. She assures us that "it is clear that we have to delay as mu…

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The idea of getting her eldest child a smartphone had long felt inevitable, said Daisy Greenwell. But by early last year, when her daughter was 8 years old, it filled her with dread.

Luxembourg pupils will no longer be able to use their mobile phones in class. Already in force in some schools, the measure will be extended to all schools between April and June 2025.

How schools regulate the mobile phone ban even before the nationwide introduction. And why there is criticism of this.

In primary schools the mobile phone ban begins after the Easter holidays, in secondary schools one week before Pentecost.