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Leave phone bans to head teachers, children's commissioner says

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85% Informative

Nine in ten secondary schools restrict the use of smartphones during the school day .

Dame Rachel de Souza says children are spending hours of screen time at home instead.

Comments come as the general secretary of the UK 's largest teaching union said a government ban on phones would "take the pressure off schools".

VR Score

91

Informative language

92

Neutral language

53

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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