Have your say on government e-petitions

Prevent schools from confiscating mobile devices for more than a school day.

Submitted on Saturday 6th April 2019

Published on Tuesday 7th May 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Signatures: 21

Tagged with

Child ~ Education ~ Police ~ Schools

Petition Action

Prevent schools from confiscating mobile devices for more than a school day.

Petition Details

The Headteacher confiscated our child's phone and held it over the weekend into the school holiday for taking a photograph with their friends! We were powerless to get that phone back. We exhausted every possibility but were turned away from school.

Additional Information

The Department for Education outlines in section 15 of the “Searching, Screening and confiscation” policy that schools have the right to legally search the content of the phone without the parents/guardians consent. The police should only have this power. They also cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to the phone. They have the power to delete files if they feel necessary. The guidelines are blurry and parents/guardians are helpless! This needs to change!!!


You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

3.138.122.195 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:15:42 +0100