Game Over! One of the UK’s top schools has taken to confiscating Xboxes, PlayStations and mobiles from pupils’ homes in order to improve their behaviour and exam results. King Solomon Academy (KSA), in Marylebone, west london, has seized the gaming devices on occasions from some pupils with their parents’ consent. The measure was introduced to encourage good behaviour and exam grades, according to Max Haimendorf, the principal.
“What has happened more than once is that the parent has come into the school and said, ‘I do not want my child using this. I want you to keep it until they are better behaved,’” he told The Sunday Times.