Julie Robinson, general secretary of the Independent Schools Council, was interviewed yesterday on BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire. The discussion focused on independent schools taking part in a government-backed scheme that provides places for looked-after children. There was reference made to the work of the Royal National Children's SpringBoard Foundation and the work independent schools are doing for the wider education sector.

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A survey by the NEU teaching union has revealed that reforms to GCSEs and A-levels have damaged students’ mental health, as well as increased teacher workload. By Martin George, Tes.

Figures obtained through freedom of information requests, by Save the Children, have shown a shortage of more than 10,000 graduate early years teachers in nurseries. By Nicola Woolcock, The Times.

A report called ‘School cultures and practices: supporting the attainment of disadvantaged pupils’ has recommended that schools focus on raising the data literacy of newly qualified teachers. By Alix Robertson, Schools Week.

Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC, writes in The Times urging the Government to honour its commitment to extend position of trust laws to sports coaches.

Tes details the key points about degree apprenticeships, including their advantages and drawbacks. By George Ryan.

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