Brianna Ghey’s head teacher says pupils ‘like’ mobile phone ban

The director of the murdered adolescent Brianna Ghey said that students “like the rupture” of mobile phones after she expelled them from her school.

Adolescents Scarlett Jenkinson, who also attended Birchwood Community High School, and Eddie Ratcliffe in a park near Warrington, Cheshire, in February 2023.

Since September, in a movement designed to reduce the levels of harassment and stress of the students, the school has required students to contain their devices in the bags the duration of the day.

The director Emma Mills told The Mirror that the policy was “allowing children to be children again,” he added: “Students say they like rest.”

She said that there were “more talks in the halls in breaks and lunch, the students are more focused on the lessons, and the number that attend house competitions and enrichment activities has increased.”

Mrs. Mills, who has worked in education for 23 years, added: “They said it has reduced their stress levels, knowing that they do not have to think about what happens.”

“He has made them realize that they can live without him.

“See how our behavior and safeguard the problems of phones and the world online have almost disappeared feels like a great moment.”

Brianna’s mother, Esther Ghey, who supports a prohibition of social networks for children under 16, said: “Brianna often fought with the distraction at school due to its use of smartphones and social networks, and I really believe that this initiative would be a significant difference for her.

Jenkinson and Ratcliffe, both 15 years old at that time, attracted Brianna to Culcheth Linear Park, where she was fatally attacked with a hunting knife.

Jenkinson was a sentence at Manchester Crown Court in December 2023 to a minimum of 22 years of detention, while Ratcliffe received the order to turn at least 20 years.

The court heard that Jenkinson “obsessed” with Brianna after joining Birchwood High in October 2022.

The adolescents were discussing Brianna’s murder for weeks, detailed in the Jenkinson written murder plan and the telephone messages found by the detectives.

Jenkinson, although 14 years old, was obsessed with videos in the dark network of murders and torture.

Mrs. Ghey said: “After talking with many teachers, it is clear that smartphones are having a deeply harmful impact on schools.

“Educators are constantly fighting the effects of what students exhibit online, be it misogynist content, self -fulfilling, suicidal ideal or intimidation through WhatsApp and other platforms.”

A recent survey suggested that almost 60% or teachers believe that the use of social networks has had a negative effect on school behavior.

Mrs. Ghey said she was “deeply disappointed that the Labor Government has not yet supported them through a legal prohibition.”

The general secretary of the National Education Union, Daniel Kebede, said it was his “personal opinion” that the government should adopt a stronger position to restrict the use of mobile phones in schools.

The conservative leader KEMI Badenoch also asked ministers to enter a legal prohibition of their use.

The government said there is already an orientation on how schools can restrict the use of mobile phones, which directors can decide how to implement.

Earlier this month, a survey in charge of the child commissioner of England, Dame, Rachel de Souza, suggested that approximately 90% of the country’s secondary schools restrict mobile use.

The survey no, however, did not examine how completely the policies of the schools or their success rate were implemented.

Lady Rachel said that “people with real power here are the parents” due to the amount of time they spend in front of their children.

He added that “parents have to remember that they are not their children’s friends,” but that they are “there to protect their children. [and] Put limits around it. “