"Education minister Baroness Smith stated, 'Our guidance is clear that all schools should be mobile phone-free by default. In making that clear, I acknowledge that we share the same policy intent... to make sure that schools are mobile phone-free environments.'"
"The phone crackdown is part of a larger effort to manage children's screen time, with the same bill attempting to impose a ban on social media for under-16s, although that proposal was recently rejected by MPs."
Ministers in England are advancing legislation to enforce smartphone bans in schools, following a vote that supported a Conservative amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. This amendment mandates schools to prohibit both the use and possession of smartphones during school hours. Education minister Baroness Smith emphasized that most schools already follow this guideline. The legislation is part of a broader initiative to reduce children's screen time, which includes ongoing discussions about social media restrictions for under-16s.
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