If we don’t ban smartphones in schools we’ll be on the wrong side of history
Let’s not be remembered as the country that dragged its feet when it came to protecting its children
![Bored male student using phone during a class](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/columnists/2024/07/08/TELEMMGLPICT000384886723_17204541743230_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqvo3Y8SBH_61ioe_r4josN9fgpZEErWHvaNMtrtBVlfo.jpeg?imwidth=350)
Jump to content
Let’s not be remembered as the country that dragged its feet when it came to protecting its children
Labour’s tax plans will increase the number of pupils from abroad, most of whom will leave Britain as soon as they’ve finished their exams
Also from the Front Page newsletter: Hunt hints at a general election date. Sign up below.
Raphaël Pryor was playing the Field Game, a form of football devised and played only at Eton, when he became unwell
Deborah Prentice wants students from all backgrounds to apply so university ‘serves the UK as a whole’
From Saltburn to Fred Again, it seems it’s safe for posh people to raise their heads above the parapet once more. Just keep it ironic
When his firm was bought by the austere bank SG Warburg, ‘he was horrified by our excessive preoccupation with work,’ a new colleague noted
An ardent disciple of Rudolf Steiner, he noted: ‘There can’t be too many people who became anthroposophist on the playing fields of Eton’
Playful knits and billowing trousers drew on public school uniforms for inspiration – and confirmed the young talent as one to watch
Boys are told to work remotely as rainwater floods sewage drains
Calling himself ‘the ultimate showman’, he came up with endless ideas to bring new people into racing, notably the 1988 Cartier Million race
If William and Kate send the future King to the co-ed school, it will make a significant departure from tradition
The Princess of Wales is believed to be a supporter of co-education and her alma mater in Wiltshire is seen as an alternative to Eton
Private schools join forces with state and independent establishments to urge action over a post-lockdown 'epidemic' starved of resources
TV presenter says he felt ill-equipped for boarding school and found escape through adventure
Ian Fleming called his debut ‘the most brilliant first novel since the war’ but later he was reduced to shoplifting toys for his children
Brampton Manor in east London tops league table, for the first time coming out above the likes of Eton and Westminster
Sir Nicholas Coleridge hailed as a beacon of 'Enlightenment values' in contrast with head master who has tried to 'decolonise' curriculum
Joe Armon-Jones attended famous British all-boys public school before graduating from Trinity Laban with music degree
The Telegraph’s weekly Peterborough diary column offers an unparalleled insight into what’s really going on at Westminster and beyond
Simon Henderson vows to tackle regional variation in those who win places as he prepares to open new free schools with Star Academies
Partnership with Star Academies can increase opportunity for some of those young people who need it the most
Fame & Fortune: Maths literacy campaigner Bobby Seagull on his long route to a career as an educator