'We have a long-term issue we need to solve'
Andrew O’Neill wants to extend the opening times of his school A London headteacher has announced plans to introduce a 12-hour school day from 7am to 7pm in a bid to help with student’s ‘phone addictions’. Andrew O’Neill, who is the headteacher at All Saints Catholic College in Notting Hill, west London, has said his pupils will be participating in dodgeball, basketball, art, drama and cookery classes, rather than being at home on their phones.
He said he had noticed the impact this had on his pupils, as they are growing worse at making eye contact and holding conversations. ‘We have a long-term issue we need to solve,’ he told the Times. ‘Some children are so apathetic. They don’t care about anything. ‘They are buried in their phones.
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