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A former pupil who claimed Foden groomed her for five years said teachers and other school staff saw her get into his car alone several times.

“Our mission is to break down the barriers to opportunity, so every pupil has the best life chances,” said a DfE spokesperson.

The California Phone-Free Schools Act ordered the state’s 1,000 school districts, charter schools and county education offices to draft student cellphone policies by July 1, 2026 — and leaves it up to schools to decide whether to enforce outright bans or some level of restrictions to “support pupil learning and well-being.”

He was a pupil at the Mulberry Bush School in Standlake, Oxfordshire, more than a decade ago but the claim was decided at the High Court on Friday.

Her headmistress was angry, complaining that her former pupil was throwing her life away.