Richard Bristow​, director of music at Wimbledon High School, writes a letter to The Independent supporting the decision by the Russell Group to scrap its list of “facilitating subjects”. He argues the next step should be to scrap the EBacc and "invest in the arts becoming once more a central part of a wide-reaching and balanced curriculum". Letter towards the bottom.

The Telegraph reports on comments made by the Russell Group, which has suggested state schools are preventing pupils from getting into top universities by giving them bad subject advice and allowing them to study easier A-levels. By Camilla Turner.

An academic from the University of Oxford has said pupils should be taught to use complex grammatical forms, which would ensure disadvantaged children are not left behind. By Adi Bloom, Tes.

The Labour Party has said it would make climate change a "core" part of the curriculum for primary aged pupils onwards. By Eleanor Busby and Charlie Bradley, The Independent.

A leading teacher training expert, Professor Sam Twiselton, has backed calls for a new specialist route for the training of special educational needs and disability (SEND) teachers. By John Roberts, Tes.

According to research by the children's reading charity BookTrust, more than a quarter of parents are using technology such as home assistants, apps and voice notes to tell their child a bedtime story. Tes.

Diarmaid MacCulloch, professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University and vice president of the British Academy, writes that courses in theology and religious studies (RS) need to confront significant challenges if they are to survive the era of high university fees. The Telegraph.

Britain’s youngest chef to have been awarded two Michelin stars, Tom Aikens, has said schools are not giving children the essential food education they need. The Telegraph offers tips from some of the top chefs on how to encourage the next generation into cooking. By Jack Rear.

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