{"id":21711,"date":"2026-01-26T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/schools-in-england-should-be-phone-free-all-day-education-secretary-says\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:37:20","slug":"schools-in-england-should-be-phone-free-all-day-education-secretary-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/schools-in-england-should-be-phone-free-all-day-education-secretary-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bridget Phillipson says pupils should not use mobiles at any point, as Ofsted prepares to inspect compliance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/jan\/26\/labour-andy-burnham-byelection-blocked-police-reforms-starmer-streeting-farage-uk-politics-live-news-updates\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Schools should be phone-free throughout the entire day, the education secretary has told headteachers in England, stressing that pupils should not use the devices even as calculators or for research.<\/p>\n<p>Bridget Phillipson wrote to schools to underline updated guidance issued by the government last week, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cgk827r8mrzo\">to the BBC<\/a>. \u201cSchools should make sure those policies are applied consistently across classes, and at all times and we want parents to back these policies too,\u201d Phillipson said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2026\/jan\/26\/education-secretary-mobile-phone-ban-england-schools-ofsted\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d41a2eec1503e76eacd201d7665391d8b0b10e67\/335_0_6880_5504\/master\/6880.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ac6910cbe7389853cdfdaa01b21d3226\" title=\"Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says\" \/>Bridget Phillipson says pupils should not use mobiles at any point, as Ofsted prepares to inspect compliance<br \/>\nUK politics live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSchools should be phone-free throughout the entire day, the education secretary has told headteachers in England, stressing that pupils should not use the devices even as calculators or for research.<br \/>\nBridget Phillipson wrote to schools to underline updated guidance issued by the government last week, according to the BBC. \u201cSchools should make sure those policies are applied consistently across classes, and at all times and we want parents to back these policies too,\u201d Phillipson said. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridget Phillipson says pupils should not use mobiles at any point, as Ofsted prepares to inspect compliance UK politics live \u2013 latest updates Schools should be phone-free throughout the entire day, the education secretary has told headteachers in England, stressing that pupils should not use the devices even as calculators or for research. Bridget Phillipson &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/schools-in-england-should-be-phone-free-all-day-education-secretary-says\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21711"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}