Tes takes a closer look at how schools can tackle post-pandemic online safety concerns and equip students with strategies to keep themselves safe in a virtual world. By James Lloyd.

Parents in England have been fined £3.7 million for the school year so far as part of efforts to stop children from missing school. By Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News.

Dr Julian Grenier, head of Sheringham Nursery School and Children's Centre, writes in Tes suggesting that story time should be held in small groups of three to five pupils to better support young children's language development.

The Times reports that cheap disposable vaping pens are emerging in British schools, as teenagers are being sold e-cigarettes that contain as much nicotine as up to 50 cigarettes. By Katie Gibbons.

A new report from the Education Policy Institute and UCL Institute of Education has found that joining an academy trust only has a “small” positive impact on secondary schools "stuck" with low Ofsted grades, and none for struggling primary schools. By Freddie Whittaker, Schools Week.

The National Association of Head Teachers has warned that the Department for Education's plan for "coasting" schools to be moved into multi-academy trusts "risks further damage to the health and wellbeing of school leaders". By Matilda Martin, Tes.

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