Recommendation 11

Schools should not be able to adopt “not seen or heard” policies towards phones, whereby children can still have their phones in their school bags throughout the school day. This approach does not alleviate the distraction of mobile phones or prevent their use completely. Schools should be able to choose whether to adopt a phone-free policy under which phones are not permitted to be brought to school at all, or a “lock away” policy involving pouches or lockers. Schools that wish to use pouches or lockers should be provided with the funding to enable them to do so. (Conclusion, Paragraph 22)