Devon teenager, 17, supports school smartphone ban

Flossie said using smartphones at school had "completely changed" her life since year seven

A Devon teenager has joined two fathers seeking to legally challenge government guidance on phones in schools.

In July, Will Orr-Ewing and Pete Montgomery announced they would be seeking a judicial review of government guidance as part of a campaign to get smartphones banned in schools.

Flossie said she believed the Department for Education had failed to protect her and other children from harm inflicted from mobile phones during the school day.

The 17-year-old said using smartphones "completely changed" her life since year seven and she still thought about disturbing content she had been shown at school.

Flossie said she had been exposed to pornography and "horrific" violent videos from social media while at school - shown to her on other pupils' phones.

She said her experience of school would have been better without mobile phones.

"I think if I hadn't had a phone, and if we didn't have phones in school, I wouldn't have been exposed to things that I would not want to be exposed to.

The teenager's school in Devon has brought in a complete ban on smartphones on school premises.

"The other day I got on the school bus and a group of year 7s were laughing and chatting together - I felt so happy for them," she said.

Lawyers for Mr Orr-Ewing and Mr Montgomery are set to lodge papers in the High Court on Monday to call for a school phone ban.