Over half of secondary schools which used an app that restricts pupils’ smartphones saw improvement in GCSE grades, a report has suggested.
Some 60 per cent of schools using Blackout, which turns students’ phones into ‘bricks’ during the school day, saw examination results improve after introducing the technology.
Teachers also said there were fewer phone-related punishments, more face-to-face interaction with pupils and calmer classrooms.
Data from Blackout Education’s 2025-26 impact assessment was based on feedback from more than 5,000 pupils in English state and independent schools.
The company’s co-founder Mark Hadley told the Daily Mail there was a ‘crisis globally’ of smartphones in schools,
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