The education secretary, Damian Hinds MP, has told young entrepreneurs that exams are 'very important qualifications, but clearly aren’t everything'. By Richard Adams and Sally Weale, The Guardian.

The Government’s teacher vacancy advertising service, which aims to aid recruitment and retention, has gone live across England. By Jess Staufenberg, Schools Week.

Dr Bernard Trafford, a former independent school head, states the most "fair and sensible time" for universities to select candidates is when pupils already have their A-levels "under their belt". Tes.

A poll by the Department for Education (DfE) has found eight per cent of children aged five and below have never learnt songs, poems or nursery rhymes with their parents. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

Karen Follows, a senior teacher at Frant C of E primary school in Kent, discusses the power primary school teachers can have in influencing the way children think about careers and gender and their own aspirations. Schools Week.

Tes profiles Nuala Burgess, the new chair of campaign group Comprehensive Future, which pushes for a “fair and inclusive” admissions system in schools. By Dave Speck.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), writes in The Sunday Times that the Equality Act places a legal obligation on primary schools "to talk to pupils about the differences between themselves and their peers".

Tes reports the union will be writing to schools on this issue.

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