{"id":232252,"date":"2025-02-05T10:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/banning-phones-in-schools-does-not-improve-grades-or-mental-health-new-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:10:22","slug":"banning-phones-in-schools-does-not-improve-grades-or-mental-health-new-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/banning-phones-in-schools-does-not-improve-grades-or-mental-health-new-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Banning phones in schools does not improve grades or mental health, new study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Restricting mobile phones at school does not improve grades or mental wellbeing, a landmark new study has found.<\/p>\n

The Conservative government put out formal guidance on how to ban mobile phones in schools almost exactly a year ago<\/strong><\/a>. It included advice on how to search students and their bags for devices “if necessary”.<\/p>\n

But new evidence from the University of Birmingham has found students’ levels of sleep, exercise, academic record, and exercise did not differ between schools with and without phone bans.<\/p>\n

The study also found restrictive phone policies did not lower the overall time young people spend on their phones each day.<\/p>\n

The research, which has been peer-reviewed, compared 1,227 students and 30 different secondary schools.<\/p>\n

It appears to contradict a study from last summer that found schools that effectively ban mobile phones see better GCSE results<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

“There is no evidence to support that restrictive school phone policies, in their current forms, have a beneficial effect on adolescents’ mental health and wellbeing or related outcomes,” the study concluded.<\/p>\n

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It did, however, find that increased screen time impacted the mental health of students, as well as their classroom behaviour, physical activity levels and sleep cycles.<\/p>\n

Dr Victoria Goodyear, the study’s lead author, told the BBC that school phone bans were not enough to tackle the negative impacts of mobile phone over-usage.<\/p>\n

“This approach does not necessarily preclude restrictive school mobile phone policies,” the study concluded.<\/p>\n

“But these policies would be linked with a wider holistic approach to adolescent mobile phone and social media use.”<\/p>\n

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The research comes days after the education secretary branded a Conservative party proposal to ban phones in classrooms a “headline-grabbing gimmick”.<\/p>\n

Bridget Phillipson said she agreed that mobile phones should not be in lessons, but added the opposition was wrong to say it could only be done by introducing legislation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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