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UK Government Seeks Statutory School Phone Ban in England
The change would give schools a clear legal duty, as Ofsted begins checking mobile-phone policies and most schools already ban devices, officials said.
- The Government plans to make phone bans in schools in England legally required by introducing an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill in the House of Lords.
- The amendment will turn existing Department for Education guidance on mobile phone bans into statutory law, aligning legal force with current school practices.
- A Conservative amendment to ban smartphones during the school day passed in the House of Lords by 276 to 169 votes, with MPs set to vote on it next.
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