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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jasmine Norden

Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under government plans

The government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

A Department for Education (DfE) spokesperson said the amendment will make existing guidance on mobile phone bans in schools statutory.

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