Transformational

The BBC reports:

Fights arranged in school via social media, then filmed and shared online.

Pupils leaving lessons upset about social media comments.

These were regular occurrences at Cardiff West Community High School – one of the most “challenged” schools in Wales – until mobile phones were banned as part of a range of measures introduced to tackle bad behaviour.

“Almost overnight, exclusions [for violence] reduced,” said head teacher Mike Tate, who introduced the ban at the secondary school in Ely, Cardiff, last summer.

Mr Tate, who also banned shouting, said internal truancy – when pupils are in school but not lessons – was now “almost nil” and there was better focus in classrooms.

Amazing what a large impact there can be from a small but important change.