The government has said it will introduce a legal ban on smartphones in schools in England.
Education minister Baroness Jacqui Smith told the House of Lords on Monday that the government would table an amendment to its landmark Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill "creating a clear legal requirement for schools" on the matter.
The Department for Education (DfE) said the move would give "legal force to what schools are already doing in practice".
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson had written to schools in January encouraging them to follow new guidance that schools be phone-free for the entire day.
Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott said the amendment was "fantastic news for headteachers, parents and pupils across the country".
general across the board support from other parties.
I'm very glad, but think it will be hard to enforce.
There will be reports from other sources of course, here's the BBC where the quote was from
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7vd6gpq1o
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