Civil rights group Liberty attacks new school search powers for phones (February 04, 2011)
The human rights pressure group Liberty says new search powers being given to schools over mobile phones are more suitable for terror investigations.
 England's head teachers will be allowed to search for phones without consent in a bid to combat cyber-bullying.
The Education Bill, to be debated in the Commons next week, also allows heads to delete data from the phones.
The government says heads asked for the powers and will be expected to use them sensibly.
In the past, schools were able to confiscate mobile telephones but were not legally allowed to search for them without pupils' consent.
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