Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, has expressed concern that the messaging surrounding the Party's conference vote to abolish independent schools may have alienated parents who educate their children privately. By Dave Speck, Tes.

The Department for Education (DfE) is planning to raise salaries for new teachers to £26,000 a year, as part of its pledge to increase starting salaries to £30,000 by 2022-23. By Eleanor Busby, The Independent.

Reigate Grammar School has found 36 per cent of its students who learnt a musical instrument achieved A*s in their A-levels, compared to 28 per cent for non-musicians. IE Today. The article quotes Shaun Fenton, head of the school.

According to a survey carried out by the NASUWT teaching union, the majority of black and minority ethnic teachers in UK schools have experienced some form of covert racism in the last year. By Eleanor Busby, The Independent.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, an award-winning cellist who performed at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has said more investment in early-stage music education is needed to tackle a lack of diversity in classical music. By Polly Bindman, The Guardian.

Gwen Byrom, director of education strategy at North London Collegiate School International, explores some of the potential reasons why British international schools are in high demand. Tes.

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