An article in IE Today features advice from financial experts on whether independent schools should leave or remain in the Teachers' Pension Scheme. By Jo Golding. The article mentions several schools in membership of the ISC's constituent associations, and references a quote from Neil Roskilly, chief executive of the Independent Schools Association.

In the event of a sudden surge in coronavirus cases in the UK, schools in affected areas could temporarily shut as part of contingency plans being drawn up by the Government. By Dan Sabbagh and Rowena Mason, The Guardian.

Chris Wheeler, principal of Monkton School and vice-chair of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, writes in Tes arguing independent schools could seek to find new innovative approaches to education for the benefit of all pupils.

The Telegraph reports parents in Scotland have written to Nicola Sturgeon and education minister John Swinney expressing their concerns that the restriction of subject choice in schools is disadvantaging state-educated pupils. By Simon Johnson.

According to a report from the Office of the Schools Adjudicator, the number of grammar school admissions complaints reached a five year high last year, with many centred around efforts to increase the number of places allocated to disadvantaged pupils. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

According to a new report from think tank Policy Exchange, Ofsted risks fuelling extremism by going 'too far' in imposing secular requirements on schools. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

Schools Week also features an article on the report, highlighting findings that schools who extended their GCSE curriculum to three years were more than twice as likely to be rated 'inadequate'. By James Carr.

Luis Moreno, a modern foreign languages teacher who has taught in international schools, offers advice to educators on how to overcome the challenges associated with widespread school disruption. Tes.

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