Phones have been banned at All Saints Catholic College in Notting Hill, west London, since 2016. But Andrew O'Neill, 42, is taking further steps to tackle '100% phone addiction'.
Phones are already banned at All Saints Catholic College in Notting Hill, London . But Andrew O'Neill, 42, is taking further steps to tackle '100% phone addiction'A head teacher has announced plans to introduce a 12-hour school day in a bid to reverse a '100 per cent phone addiction' among his pupils.
The 42-year-old told The Times that he had found 'some of the most shocking things I have ever seen' on confiscated phones, including pupils blackmailing strangers and even catfishing one another, which involves pretending to be someone else online to humiliate another person. Mr O'Neill, who is a former head teacher of the year, said that a number of pupils were falling victim to online crime, including cyberbullying, sexting and blackmail.
Mr O'Neill added that he hoped pupils could experience a childhood like he had growing up in Barton, near Darlington, Durham, where children played outside rather than heading to their bedrooms to spend time on their phones. READ MORE: Mobile phones to be banned from schools throughout the day including break times in bid to cut down disruption and improve behaviour
The school reported a 40 per cent decrease in after-school detentions and a 25 per cent drop in truancy since the scheme started in January.
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