The Department for Education has stated that schools and colleges should close on Monday 19 September for the Queen's funeral, which will be a bank holiday. By Billy Camden, Schools Week.

Ofsted has confirmed that it will pause the routine publication of reports during the mourning period, though inspections will continue. By Samantha Booth, Schools Week.

Lisa Kerr, principal of Gordonstoun, has said the Queen will be "fondly remembered" at the school, which her husband and three sons attended, adding that the school wishes "every success" to King Charles as he begins his reign. By Lucinda Cameron, The Times.

Schools Week explores how schools across the country have been commemorating the Queen, from singing songs to making marmalade sandwiches. By Amy Walker and Samantha Booth. The article mentions Reigate Grammar School, where students played a rendition of The Last Post at the end of a whole-school assembly.

Jonathan Gullis, a former teacher and the Conservative MP for Stoke-on-Trent North who led a campaign to lift the ban on opening new grammar schools, has been made a minister at the Department for Education (DfE). By John Dickens, Schools Week.

According to Schools Week, former Downing Street policy adviser Rory Gribbell is set to become special adviser to Kit Malthouse, the new education secretary. By Freddie Whittaker.

According to a Tes survey, 68 per cent of school leaders and teachers are concerned that spending cuts caused by rising costs could prevent them from providing the curriculum range expected by the Government. By Matilda Martin, Tes

A Schools Week analysis of the latest recruitment data published on 15 August suggests the Government could recruit nearly 6,000 fewer secondary school trainees than required this year. By Amy Walker.

Speaking to The Telegraph, Frank Gardner, the BBC's security correspondent, reflects on how his education at Marlborough College shaped him.

According to figures from UCAS, the percentage of school leavers starting degrees at UK universities this autumn, including those with a deferred place to start next year, is 37.6 per cent, compared with 38.4 per cent last year. This is the first drop since 2012, when annual tuition fees of £9,000 were first introduced. By Sian Griffiths, Bertie Ford and Rachel Lavin, The Sunday Times.

Matthew Goodwin, a professor of politics at the University of Kent, writes in The Sunday Times sharing his experience of how undergraduates affected by the pandemic have become "introverted and disengaged", arguing it is a result of COVID having "collided with longer-term changes in higher education to let down a generation".

The Observer explores how a shortage of halls accommodation at some universities is forcing students to live in neighbouring cities or commute from home. By Anna Fazackerley and Eve Livingston.

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