{"id":1097,"date":"2026-01-20T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phonelocker.marklanham.com\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:24:45","slug":"1-year-on-new-zealands-school-phone-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testphonelocker.promcollection.ca\/it\/1-year-on-new-zealands-school-phone-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"A distanza di 1 anno: il divieto di utilizzo dei telefoni a scuola in Nuova Zelanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n  class=\"section section-flexible-content-block reveal active\"\n  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n          <div class=\"content__centered\">\n            <p>In April 2024, New Zealand banned students\u2019 phones from schools, as part of \u201cPhones Away for the Day\u201d campaign. A year on, we look at the results.<\/p>\n<p>Following UNESCO calling for a phone ban in schools after their research in 2023, New Zealand was swift to follow the likes of Australia and the UK in a hardened approach to phone use and screentime. As well as during lesson time, phones were banned in breaks too, with the only exceptions being some medical reasons.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Early teething issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There were initially mixed feelings about the phone ban. Somewhat typically, there was political pressure to implement a ban, but when it came to specific guidance, things were a little light on detail.<\/p>\n<p>Issues included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Some parents not being onboard with the new rules<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Differences in implementation school-to-school<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Perceived unfairness between students and teachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These issues are pretty typical in schools around the world, leading us to write\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phonelocker.marklanham.com\/how-to-effective-phone-bans-in-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our guide on how to implement an effective phone ban last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One problem is that parents are so used to being able to contact their children (and vice-versa), that a sudden cut-off can cause resistance, despite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phonelocker.marklanham.com\/mobile-phone-use-in-uk-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the clear benefits to learning<\/a>. There needs to be a recap on how children can contact parents from school, and parents need reminding on how best to communicate things like school pick-ups, so their children don\u2019t feel anxious.<\/p>\n<p>However, what undermines new rules is inconsistency. Students questioned in New Zealand said that some schools allowed phone use at breaktimes. Some had phones confiscated, whilst others had multiple warnings, whilst others shared tactics on how fellow students circumnavigated the rules \u2013 such as using VPNs on their laptops.<\/p>\n<p>The method of stopping phone use also varied, with some schools relying on good faith, whereas some adopted the increasingly popular lockable phone pouches, where students simply can\u2019t access phones without a special unlocking device.<\/p>\n<p>What frustrated some New Zealand schoolchildren was the apparent one rule for their, and one rule for teachers. It\u2019s fair to say getting buy-in for a school ban requires staff to take on the rules in the same spirit, otherwise the arguments will ensue.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section section-quote-block reveal active\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"section-image__parallax-content\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n          <div class=\"section-quote-block__text\">\n            <h4 class=\"text--white\">\u201cTaking away the distraction of cell phones ensures better engagement in class and improves student achievement and wellbeing.\u201d<\/h4>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-quote-block__parallax-image lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit\" data-bg-image=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/testphonelocker.promcollection.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/wp-boilerplate\/assets\/img\/default-brand-image.png&#039;)\">\n      <div class=\"section-quote-block__mask\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section\n  class=\"section section-flexible-content-block reveal active\"\n  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n          <div class=\"content__centered\">\n            <h3><strong>12 months on<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t been all bad news, though. Resistance is part and parcel of implementing such a significant change, but we have consistently seen positive results in schools across various countries, and New Zealand has been no different.<\/p>\n<p>Comments from students\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/australasia\/new-zealand-mobile-phone-ban-schools-b2728243.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed by the Independent<\/a>\u00a0include the phone ban has been \u201creal good for during class time\u201d and there\u2019s \u201cdefinitely improvement\u201d in her school work. They also found a student who said the ban gave them a break from using their phones, \u201cotherwise, we\u2019ll be on our phone all day, all afternoon, all night, and it won\u2019t be healthy for our minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Education Minister Erica Stanford said there has been \u201coverwhelmingly positive feedback from teachers, principals, and parents\u201d to the school phone ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been told kids are much more focused on their learning, reading more books and spending more time playing outside,\u201d Stanford said.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Looking for more data?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We shared\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phonelocker.marklanham.com\/15-facts-why-schools-should-be-going-phone-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quick-fire facts on why schools should go phone-free<\/a>\u00a0in a recent blog post. We also wrote a lengthy piece\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phonelocker.marklanham.com\/school-phone-bans-the-rise-of-lockable-smartphone-pouches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the rise of lockable phone pouches<\/a>; the leading mechanism of achieving screentime balance.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section\n  class=\"section section-video-block section--alt-grey section--no-padding-top section--no-padding-bottom\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"video-block__content\">\n          <div class=\"content\">\n            <div class=\"content__centered\">\n                            <div class=\"video-block__video_link_container\">\n                <iframe title=\"I divieti telefonici funzionano? La scuola Jeannine Manuel condivide il proprio feedback\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xuCyR3gp79c?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>              <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"test\"\n  class=\"section section-contact-us-block reveal active section--alt-color\"\n  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n        <h2 class=\"text--center\">Liberi dal telefono a scuola<\/h2>\n 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