Pupils risk exclusion after ban on phones

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.

- SHAURYA SHAURYA

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.