One of England's largest school academies to go phone-free

[PotNoodleTech]

On 21/06/2025 at 16:51, mikeprice said:

I was not overly popular with teh kids for that

but it did lead to a good GCSE lesson about security

 

 

 

 

And a verbal warning for misconduct for the head of science?

[mikeprice]

4 minutes ago, PotNoodleTech said:

 

And a verbal warning for misconduct for the head of science?

That's one word for it

He was very IT much an IT expert - in his own mind - but we did explain a few points when he had gone wrong and once he realised he apologised and realised what he had done

 

He said he just didn;t think the kids would find it - which was quite funny once we asked if he would leave bottles of acid out with kids around and he saw the connection

His wife being in the room at the time (she was Head of MFL) at the time rolling her eyes and shaking her head helped

 

This sort of thing is OK if the Teacher in question is realistic, accepts your expertise in the area over his and is generally OK

 

other IT based things occurred with other teachers and rather than just having a friendly discussion we had to fix it and get SMT to have a serious talk with them

but you know that type of teacher

 

I always had the advantage of being an IT person AND a teacher

whereas in my opinion being a teacher should have been irrelevant if we were talking about IT

but it made a difference far too many times

[PotNoodleTech]

Well if you look at it from a policies point of view he breeched safeguarding regulations, he breeched data protection regulations and he breeched cybersecurity regulations (and the staff acceptable use policy) all at the same time.

 

So the holy trinity of the three big things schools are held legally acountable for.

 

So no maybe not misconduct. ......... ah yes that's it  -gross misconduct!

[machy]

20 minutes ago, PotNoodleTech said:

Well if you look at it from a policies point of view he breeched safeguarding regulations, he breeched data protection regulations and he breeched cybersecurity regulations (and the staff acceptable use policy) all at the same time.

 

So the holy trinity of the three big things schools are held legally acountable for.

 

So no maybe not misconduct. ......... ah yes that's it  -gross misconduct!

Yes, but its a teacher and a computer so its only Sparkling Naughtiness 

[6Foot2]

Link: South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide - BBC News

 

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South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices during class hours in schools - becoming the latest country to restrict phone use among children and teens.

 

The law, which comes into effect from the next school year in March 2026, is the result of a bi-partisan effort to curb smartphone addiction, as more research points to its harmful effects.

 

Lawmakers, parents and teachers argue that smartphone use is affecting students' academic performance and takes away time they could have spent studying.

 

The ban has its sceptics, including students, who question how it would work, its wider implications and whether it is addressing the root cause of addiction.

 

The bill passed convincingly on Wednesday afternoon, with 115 votes in favour out of 163 members present.

 

Most South Korean schools have already implemented some form of a smartphone ban. And they are not the first to do so.

 

Some countries like Finland and France have banned phones on a smaller scale, applying the restriction only to schools for younger children. Others like Italy, the Netherlands and China have restricted phone use in all schools.

 

But South Korea is among the few to enshrine such a ban in law...