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It is not yet clear how restrictive the national guidance will be but officials say it will allows schools, if they want, to stop children using their phones throughout the day. <\/p>\n

Some schools already limit pupils’ use of their phones, including by locking them in pouches at the start of the day.<\/p>\n

In England, schools are expected to stop pupils using phones, including during lessons, apart from in exceptional circumstances.<\/p>\n

Brychan added: “I am mindful some children will always need exceptions for medical reasons, for example.<\/p>\n

“By consulting on guidance at the start of the school year I am giving schools the clarity they want quickly, and creating a safer learning environment by reducing distractions now.”<\/p>\n

Later, on Tuesday, she outlined her priorities in a statement to the Senedd.<\/p>\n

It comes a day after the UK government announced a social media ban for under-16s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the Senedd election, Plaid Cymru promised restrictions on mobile phone use in its manifesto.<\/p>\n

The Welsh Conservatives said the workforce survey showed “clear support for stronger national action”.<\/p>\n

Tory education spokesperson Sam Rowlands said: “The Welsh Conservatives want mobile phones out of classrooms, so pupils can concentrate and standards can improve across Wales.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is not yet clear how restrictive the national guidance will be but officials say it will allows…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-641881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}