Mobile Phone Policy
The College recognises that mobile phones are now an important aspect of everyone's life and have considerable value, particularly in relation to individual safety. The College therefore accepts that students are permitted to bring mobiles to the College but that use is limited and restricted.
The College aims to educate students in the responsible use of technology.
Responsible Use
Students must use phones etc responsibly at all times.
1. Students must ensure that files stored on their phones do not contain violent, degrading or
pornographic images. The transmission of some information is a criminal offence. Students
found to be responsible for this will have their phone confiscated; it will be returned to their
parent / carer, or passed to the Police.
2. Cyber-bullying is completely unacceptable, students found to be responsible for this will
have their phone confiscated; it will be returned to their parent / carer, or passed to the Police.
3. The college is a workplace, phones must be switched off and kept in bags during and between
lessons.
Note: All points in the policy apply to phones, Ipods, MP3, MP4 players and any similar devices.
Rules
1. Whilst the Governors give permission for phones to be brought to the College, responsibility
for the phone rests with the student and the College will take no financial responsibility for
loss. The college bears no responsibility for confiscated items.
2. Students must not use phones during or between lessons. This means that phones must not be
used for example, for making calls, checking the time, texting or used as a calculator.
Phones etc must not be visible during or between lessons, they must be switched off and stored
in the student's bag.
3. Head phones must not be worn during or between lessons
4. Students must not use phones or MP3 players to broadcast music.
5. If phones are used at incorrect times students will be challenged, phones will be confiscated,
and will be returned at the end of the day. If students dispute this, or offend persistently,
parents will be asked to collect the phone from reception.
6. If there is an emergency which requires communication with home, students must speak to a
member of staff who will deal with the matter. Personal mobile phones must not be used in
lesson time.
Parents / carers should only phone students at breaktime (10.50 -11.10am) or lunchtime
( 1.00 -1.45pm). In an emergency parents / carers should phone Reception and a message will
be taken to the student.
7. Mobile phones cannot under any circumstances be taken into examination rooms.
Breach of this rule will lead to invalidation of that examination and potentially other
examinations.
8. Students need to acknowledge that it is a privilege to be permitted to bring mobile phones to
College and abuse of this policy may lead to a curtailment of this privilege.
Adopted by Governors: March 2008
Review: 2011