England to enforce full-day phone ban in schools with Ofsted oversight
England's Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announced that schools should be phone-free for the entire school day, with Ofsted inspections to monitor policy implementation and guidance strengthened to explicitly ban pupil phone use during lessons, breaks and lunchtimes. Teachers are advised not to use their own devices around pupils. Reactions from headteachers' unions are mixed, and the move ties into a broader debate on social media bans for under-16s and devolved policy differences across the UK.
