For Parents or guardians of pupils within The GORSE Academies Trust.

Despite reports of a sexual assault occurring close to school grounds being unfounded, I think it has highlighted the risks of students not having access to their phones after the school day has ended.

I believe GORSE Academies Trust should reconsider their unnecessary mobile phone rules.

1. A confiscated phone should be returned at the end of the school day, not a 48hr confiscation.

2. The ban on using mobile phones on the public footpath leading up to the school gates of Farnley Academy needs to be removed.

The removal of a child's mobile phone after the school day has ended is a safeguarding issue. 

We agree that a phone confiscation within school hours is sufficient and the mobile phone policy needs revising. 

Parents of pupils within the GORSE Academies Trust want to be reassured their children have access to contact them or a responsible adult in case of an emergency as soon as their school day is over and we believe that it is in our child's best interest that the mobile phone confiscation rule within the positive discipline policy is revised.