According to a new report, schools with disadvantaged pupils are more than twice as likely to have no access to a library space than those with more advantaged students. By Catherine Lough, Tes.

AQA, the UK's biggest exam board, could face class action from parents after it was revealed some GCSE and A-level papers were remarked by the same examiners. By Lizzie Roberts and Camilla Turner, The Telegraph. The article quotes Neil Roskilly, chief executive of the Independent Schools Association.

David Laws, chairman of the Education Policy Institute (EPI), shares the findings of a new EPI report, which suggest "challenged white communities" and "hampered neighbourhoods" are most under-represented by free schools. The Times.

Ministers have dropped plans to introduce age-verification measures designed to prevent children from accessing online pornography. By Mark Bridge, The Times.

The Education Authority has published its first detailed guidelines for schools in Northern Ireland on how to support transgender pupils. By Robbie Meredith, BBC News.

Writing in The Spectator, Helena Morrissey, a governor at Eton College and candidate for the next governor of the Bank of England, references the work the school is doing to widen access through scholarships and partnerships. The article references a quote from Simon Henderson, the head of Eton College.

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