Tes reports teachers in some independent schools are being asked to make a "salary sacrifice" in order to stay in the Teachers' Pension Scheme. By Dave Speck, Tes. The article quotes Nikki Miller, chief operating officer at Taunton School, and references The Grange School.

Ed Dorrell writes in Tes arguing independent schools could "genuinely add value to the work of state schools" by sponsoring selective sixth forms.

A new report has warned carbon emissions, falling vaccination rates and heavily processed foods are jeopardising the health of children in Britain. By Katie Gibbons, The Times.

According to a new report from the Education Policy Institute and Ambition Institute, high-quality continuing professional development in schools can improve teacher retention and pupil outcomes. By James Carr, Schools Week.

Sir Keir Starmer, a candidate for the Labour leadership, writes in Tes outlining his education policy proposals. He adds: "I want every child in the state sector to have the same, so that we can make private schools irrelevant and family wealth immaterial to educational opportunities."

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