Watch and learn ...how to cheat Kids using smart devices to flout exam rules

SCHOOLKIDS are cheating in exams by smuggling in banned smart watches packed with illicit revision notes.

High-tech gadgets like the Apple Watch are being used as electronic crib sheets right under the noses of teachers and invigilators.

Exam boards warn that students caught with such gadgets face being marked down, having their papers torn up or being kicked off their courses.

Officials say 2,715 penalties were issued to pupils caught with devices or paper notes last year – up by a quarter on 2016. But some teachers claim more kids are getting away with the dodge because invigilators are failing to clamp down.

One said: “In a school I worked at, kids took them into the exam hall and invigilators turned a blind eye or were incompetent. The next week the school was rated ‘good’ by Ofsted. It was a joke.”

Hundreds of videos can be found online instructing pupils how to cheat using smart watches – which are officially forbidden in exam halls along with mobile phones.

YouTube is hosting detailed how-to guides, which have been viewed thousands of times.

The videos are so rife some kids are even pleading for them to be taken down before teachers wise up to them. A watch described as “specifically designed for cheating” is for sale for just £26.

The Joint Council for Qualifications said: “Malpractice seriously damages the integrity of the examination system and undermines public confidence.”

alan.selby@ trinitymirror.com SMART watch wearers can cheat by saving pictures of notes in their photo galleries then scrolling through them. Apps are available which display text, allowing memos to be accessed on the watch face, or store scientific formulas. By using the voice-activated Siri assistant, wearers can also set up their devices to provide information when they whisper trigger words into their wrists.