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Schools in England given new guidance on stopping phone use


The government says it will help 'minimise disruption and improve behaviour in classrooms' in England.

She called for a law to be introduced so that there are mobile phones that are only suitable for under-16s - an idea backed by the Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza. Ms Keegan has said the government's latest survey data, which she said was "a bit out of date", suggested about half of schools did not restrict mobile phone use. There are currently no complete bans on mobile phones in schools in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where decisions on education are devolved from the UK government.

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