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Ammon News - A head teacher has announced plans to introduce a 12-hour school day in a bid to reverse a '100 per cent phone addiction' among his pupils.

Children at All Saints Catholic College in Notting Hill, west London, will be expected to arrive at 7am and stay until 7pm, taking part in dodgeball, basketball, art, drama and cookery classes instead of spending the time at home on their devices.

Andrew O'Neill, who masterminded the scheme, said that smartphones were creating an apathetic and anxious generation.

The 42-year-old told The Times that he had found 'some of the most shocking things I have ever seen' on confiscated phones, including pupils blackmailing strangers and even catfishing one another, which involves pretending to be someone else online to humiliate another person.

The teacher added that he was also worried about children's increasing inability to make friends in real life, often choosing to play online games into the early hours of the morning with those in other countries.

He said that his pupils were growing worse at making eye contact and holding conversations.

Daily Mail