MPs have been given the opportunity to question education ministers on their budget plans. By Freddie Whittaker, Schools Week.

Kirstie Donnelly, managing director at City & Guilds Group, writes on the importance of a holistic education, which includes the promotion of technical routes into employment. Tes.

Louise Brown, director of educational partnerships at New College School in Oxford, offers her perspective on what it takes to achieve a successful partnership. Independent Schools Magazine.

Andreas Schleicher, director of education and skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has said teaching children how to code is a waste of time since the skill will eventually be irrelevant. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

Schools Week also reports on comments made by the OECD director, in which he warns the teaching profession should be made more “intellectually attractive".

Amanda Spielman, Ofsted's chief inspector, has said all children should learn about same-sex couples irrespective of their religious beliefs. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

The Independent details the current rules on teaching about LGBT+ issues and relationships in schools.

Edmund Stubbs, a secondary school science teacher, argues today's curriculum is failing to teach children about the seriousness of climate change. The Guardian.

Increasing numbers of teachers are forced out of the profession after becoming mothers, according to campaign group 'Pregnant then Screwed'. By Martin George, Tes.

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