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Students keep phones on and near them

Submitted on Tuesday 20th January 2026

Rejected on Wednesday 11th February 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Students keep phones on and near them

Petition Details

Students not to have their phones removed from them in school. Students should be able to check their phones at break and lunch to see if there is anything that is going on at home or their parents need to get ahold of them. If students caught on phone in lesson phones may be taken for the rest

Additional Information

Of the lesson. There have been past story’s of families dying or going into hospital while students are in school and parents have not been able to contact children.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Pass a law that schools cannot prohibit the use of personal devices
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/735449

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