Behaviour better at phone-free school – head teacher

Children's behaviour has improved at a school where pupils lock their phones away for most of the day, a head teacher has said.

Teachers have seen improvements in the way classmates communicate with each other in the 18 months since Ysgol Aberconwy, in Conwy, introduced the partial ban, according to Ian Gerrard.

But it had taken time for some to "come to recognise the benefits" of the school's phone-free policy, he said.

On Wednesday, Welsh politicians are due to discuss a Senedd report which has advised against an outright ban on phones in schools.

Instead it said schools should get more Welsh government support to set their own restrictions.

And Mr Gerrard agreed, saying a more nuanced approach was needed as phones had their benefits.