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Pupils risk exclusion after ban on phones

June 05, 2025

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Glamorgan Gazette

A BRIDGEND secondary school has become the latest to implement a “phone ban” and has warned pupils could face a “fixed-term exclusion” if they use a phone or refuse to hand it over.

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Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen announced in a Facebook post that the phone ban would take place from Monday, June 2, making it a “mobile and electronic device-free school”.

In a statement on the school’s Facebook page, it said the use of phones has resulted in “learning being disrupted”.

It said: “The headteacher has a duty of care to protect both learners and staff in school.

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