Primary School Policy Ban on Mobile Phones News – Rachel Harper
16th June 2025
Rachel Harper (Principal of St Patrick’s National School, Greystones, Co. Wicklow) speaks to Kieran on the news issued by the Government last week that all primary schools are to implement new policies that ban the use of, and access to, smartphones during the school day.
Rachel Harper shares about how her school, followed by the Parents’ Associations at her school and further schools in her district of Greystones in Wicklow (through the It Takes A Village initiative), agreed to a “no smartphone voluntary code” until children start secondary school. It was the first time all schools across an entire town took joint action – and now we’re seeing in the papers today how more schools and districts are taking a similar approach.
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