BBC News details eight things to look for when attending school open days. By Katherine Sellgren.

A Tes and National Governance Association (NGA) survey has found that two-thirds of secondaries are having difficulty recruiting maths teachers. By Martin George.

Tes also reports on other findings from the survey, including three-quarters of respondents saying financial pressures will harm the quality of education provision.

Childline has revealed there has been a 29% rise in young people requesting counselling sessions relating to peer-on-peer sexual abuse over the past year. By Sally Weale, The Guardian.

Research by Queen Mary University of London and the charity Unicef UK claims that approximately 60% of the daily air pollution to which children who go to school in cities are exposed occurs in school or on the school run. By Ben Webster, The Times.

Angela Rayner MP, shadow education secretary, talks to The Guardian about her plans for Labour's national education service (NES) in England. By Sally Weale.

In a separate article, The Guardian reports on the shadow education secretary's desire to tackle the issue of "off-rolling" in schools.

Heather McKissack MBE, who was born on 5 November 1953 and died on 30 June 2018, taught at King's College School, Wimbledon, and is described as "the school’s equivalent of a national treasure" by the current headmaster, Andrew Halls. Heather McKissack was appointed MBE in 2016 for her devotion to state and independent school partnerships.

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