Mobile phones set to be banned in classrooms under new legislation

• The government intends to make mobile phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
• Peers in the House of Lords are scheduled to vote on this Conservative amendment on Monday evening.
• A Department for Education spokesperson confirmed the change will formalise existing guidance, giving legal force to current school practices on phone restrictions.
• The DfE stated that mobile phones have no place in schools and this move strengthens enforcement, with Ofsted now considering phone policies during inspections.
• The teaching union NASUWT has previously voiced its support for a statutory ban on mobile phones in educational settings.

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Mobile phone ban in schools set to become statutory in major government legislation