Pupils at two high schools in Edinburgh were asked to keep their mobiles in lockable pouches during the day under a phone-free policy introduced in May.
Students at Portobello High School and Queensferry High School were issued with special wallets which, once sealed, require a magnetic pad to unlock them.
Pupils are allowed to keep their phones in their possession but expected to keep them in the pouches until the bell rings at the end of their final lesson.
Edinburgh Council's education convener said at the time that the move would end the "competition" between phones and teachers for pupils' attention.
In August, Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said headteachers across Scotland were trusted to take the best decisions in the interests of their school communities.
Western Isles councillors agreed to a new policy on pupils' use of mobile phones and tablets in the islands' schools in November.
The devices are to be banned during class-time in the isles' four secondaries, unless permitted by teachers for educational purposes.
In primary schools, children are to be discouraged from taking their phones or tablets.
Councillors agreed there could be potential exceptions to this rule and these should be taken into consideration in individual cases.