Analysis by the Press Association has shown a decline in the number of pupils taking creative subjects at GCSE, igniting fear for the future of the arts industry. By Eleanor Busby, The Independent.

Is your school involved in a creative partnership with a state school? Do you help to support 'vulnerable' subjects, like the arts? If so, would you like to write a blog about the partnership - or be willing to send further information which could be used as a good case study? Please email georgina.belcher@isc.co.uk.

Andrew Halls, headmaster at King's College School in Wimbledon, spoke yesterday on BBC Radio 4's World at One show, discussing male body image and the pressures on boys to look good.

Listen from 39:45.

Councils have urged for funding, which is being spent on the government's flagship citizenship scheme, to be diverted to local youth clubs. By Peter Walker, The Guardian.

Yvonne Williams, a teacher in the south of England, writes in Tes arguing that the summer holidays are an opportunity for children to hone their soft skills and apply curricular knowledge.

Following Damian Hinds' recent warning that children are starting school unable to read or talk properly, Rosa Silverman writes in The Telegraph arguing that there is plenty of time for children to learn how to read once they have begun their formal education.

Fiona Millar writes for The Guardian on this story.

Daniel Jillings, a 12-year-old deaf pupil, launched an online fundraising campaign to help cover the legal costs of challenging the Government’s decision to delay the introduction of a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL). By Katie Grant, iNews.

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