Gillian Keegan plans to ban mobile phones from English schools

Ministers already encourage headteachers to limit phone usage, with many schools having put restrictions in place. Photograph: True Images/Alamy

Mobile phones could be banned from schools in England if the latest attempt to push the measure through by a Conservative education secretary is successful.

The guidance, which would align all schools in the country, would affect the whole school day, Gillian Keegan is reportedly due to tell the Tory party conference in Manchester on Monday.