Pupils at two Edinburgh schools will have to lock up their mobiles

Edinburgh school introduces Scotland’s first phone ban and makes pupils lock away their phones in pouches

Portobello High School pupils have become the first in the country to lock away their turned off devices as they arrive at school each day.

Inside Scotland's first 'phone-free' school where devices are locked away

Edinburgh correspondent Donald Turvill visits Portobello High as students begin a new approach to tackling the problem of phones in class

Edinburgh schools pilot phone-free policy using 'lockable pouches'

Portobello High School and Queensferry High School in Edinburgh will introduce magnetic, lockable pouches for the devices in an attempt to curb distractions in class.

Pupils at two Edinburgh schools will have to lock up their mobiles

Portobello and Queensferry High Schools will try to make campuses "phone-free" zones by locking devices away for most of the day.

All over Europe, there are attempts to ban the use of smartphones in secondary schools, with varying degrees of success. A new solution has been tried and finally implemented by a high school in Scotland. Portobello in Edinburgh ... ...

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