{"id":11074,"date":"2025-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/?p=11074"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:35:04","slug":"phone-bans-in-schools-new-oco-research-shows-why-one-size-doesnt-fit-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/news\/phone-bans-in-schools-new-oco-research-shows-why-one-size-doesnt-fit-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Phone bans in schools- new OCO research shows why one size doesn\u2019t fit all"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office (OCO) published <em>One Size Does Not Fit All<\/em>&#8211; a report on phone bans in schools and children\u2019s rights with the OCO\u2019s Youth Advisory Panel (YAP). As well as presenting the views of young people on the phone ban in schools, the report brings together key national and international research from a children\u2019s rights perspective on this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OCO has found that blanket bans on phones in schools are not in the best interest of children, nor are they an effective way of protecting children\u2019s rights from the potential harmful impacts of phones and social media. Instead, the OCO is calling on the Government to consider the impact on children\u2019s rights, including their right to have a voice, as well as the diversity of individual schools and students and the age and maturity levels of children when rules around phones are being designed. Importantly the report illustrates why we need to move beyond an oversimplistic focus on bans to an approach that supports children to competently and confidently navigate the digital world, and that addresses root causes of the challenges children face online. The OCO makes five recommendations, which it hopes will be used by policy makers to guide decision making on this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the report, the OCO\u2019s head of policy, Dr Tricia Keilthy said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPhones play a such big part in young people\u2019s lives; it\u2019s how they communicate with each other and share content online and so any decision to ban phones in schools is going to have an equally big impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is completely understandable that parents, teachers and indeed Government would have concerns about the negative impact of phones at school, but a blanket ban is not the way to mitigate this risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur report, <em>One Size Does Not Fit All<\/em>, highlights that this is a much more nuanced issue and that the decision to ban phones in schools doesn\u2019t take children\u2019s views- or indeed their rights- into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe held consultations with 29 young people on our YAP, all aged between 13 and 17, to get their views and insight on the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe YAP told us that banning phones at school can have just as negative an impact on their rights as the phones themselves, and that phones have many other uses at school other than just communication. They told us, for example, how they use their phones to learn, stay informed, look after their health, and even connect with their culture, language and beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe young people also describe how they have not had a say in the decision to ban phones nor have their views been taken into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe message from young people is clear &#8211; we must move beyond talk of bans and adopt a more holistic, evidence based and creative approach to addressing the problems that phone use creates and often exacerbates, both in schools and beyond the school gates. In practice this will mean empowering students through a standalone digital literacy programme and creating safe spaces online by strengthening the regulation of online service providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is also vital that parents and teachers are better supported around the whole use of technology so they can in turn better support the students around these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENDS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the report in full here, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OCO-Smartphone-Ban-Full-Report.pdf\">OCO Smartphone Ban Full Report<\/a> \u00a0and our Youth Friendly version <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OCO-Smartphone-Ban-Child-Friendly-Report.pdf\">OCO Smartphone Ban Youth Friendly Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office (OCO) published One Size Does Not Fit All&#8211; a report on phone bans in schools and children\u2019s rights with the OCO\u2019s Youth Advisory Panel (YAP). 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