Mobile Phones etc.

Mobile Telephones and Electronic Devices

Please note that students may not use a personal mobile phone, iPod/iPad, MP3 player or similar mobile entertainment device, anywhere on the school site or have a mobile or similar visible audio device at school during the school day.

The reasons are as follows:

• Mobile phones are an intrusive distraction when used in lessons or if they go off by accident.

• Staff need to focus on teaching & learning, not distracting conversations about mobile phones

• Students need to speak to staff regarding any issue before contacting parents otherwise this will cause you unnecessary stress

• The use of mobile phones for cyber bullying, intimidation and unauthorised photography is a safeguarding issue nationally and one which we wish to avoid at school.

We are therefore strongly of the view that students should not bring a mobile to school. If you want your child to have a phone on the journey to and from school there is an opportunity for such device to be placed in a clear plastic bag with the student’s name clearly marked on the bag and hand it into the school office before school begins and to be collected at the end of the day.

If a student is found to have a mobile phone in lessons they will have it confiscated and can collect it at the end of the school day. If caught with it a second time the parent/carer will need to collect the phone from the school office.

Please note that in light of this rule the school will not accept responsibility for loss, theft or damage to a mobile phone brought to school and will not investigate any such loss, theft or damage should it occur.