It comes after a study involving 2,000 students and 3,000 parents, conducted by the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) and Digital Awareness UK, revealed the biggest concerns about mobile device use among young people.
It found that children’s biggest worry about being online is the resulting lack of sleep, whereas parents’ biggest concern is the impact on their children’s social skills.
However, the study, which was conducted via a mix of state and independent academy chains, found very low concern among both the parents and children about issues such as cyber-bullying and sexting.
A majority of the students (72 per cent) said they would spend anything between three and 10 hours online a day during weekends or holidays; 11 per cent said this figure was between 10 and 15 hours a day.
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