The Times reports on the first cross-country running race, which took place at Shrewsbury School, as attempts are made to return the sport to its English roots. Charlie Ockleston,an 18-year-old pupil at Shrewsbury, started the race at the world cross-country championships in Denmark this weekend. The article quotes Peter Middleton, Shrewsbury's deputy head.

Year 13 pupils from Roedean School have written to The Sunday Times contradicting comments made by an Italian professor of theoretical physics that "women don’t like physics".

Letter just above halfway.

Experts have said personal statements are ‘unfair’ because teenagers often enlist help from parents or professionals to draft them. By Sian Griffiths, The Sunday Times.

Kate Clanchy, a poet and teacher, has written a book looking back over her 30-year career in teaching. The Times reports on her account of school life in the "educationally obsessive town" of Oxford. By Andrew Billen.

Simon Schama, a Cambridge historian and broadcaster, has said pupils are mainly taught about the Holocaust when studying Jewish history and are at risk of suffering "Holocaust fatigue". By Nic Brunetti, The Telegraph.

William Stewart argues teachers should not succumb to the ranking pressure of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Tes.

Following claims that traditional jobs will be obsolete in the next twenty years, the Mail on Sunday asks what skills children should be learning in order to best prepare for the future. By Amy Oliver, Saskia Hume and Laura Craik.

The Early Years Alliance has criticised the Government for overlooking the effects of nursery cuts. By Jenn Selby, iNews.

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