During an Education Select Committee hearing, schools minister Nick Gibb suggested grade boundaries for next year's GCSE and A-level exams could be moved to ensure students are treated fairly. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

An article in Tes reports Mr Gibb has refused to rule out the possibility that centre assessment grades could be used in the 2021 exam series. By Amy Gibbons.

Schools Week summarises seven key findings from the Education Select Committee hearing, which focused on the Government's plans for exams and remote education. By Freddie Whittaker.

Tes outlines the key dates for next year's exam timetable. By Grainne Hallahan.

According to The Guardian, members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies have warned a generation of children and young people are at risk of being "unheard, forgotten and devalued" as a result of the pandemic. By Amelia Hill.

Footballer Marcus Rashford has warned child hunger is worse now than it was in the summer, as MPs prepare to vote on the proposal to extend free school meals provision during the school holidays. By Hannah Richardson, BBC News. According to Tes, the Scottish Government has announced it will provide £10 million in funding to enable councils to provide free school meals during the holidays this academic year. By Emma Seith.

Siobhain McDonagh, the Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden, has warned ministers that placing a legal obligation on teachers to provide immediate access to remote learning for pupils creates "an impossible task" for schools in deprived areas. By John Roberts, Tes.

The Telegraph explores the launch of King's College Online, a new digital learning platform which will give pupils from all over the world access to an independent education at a fraction of the cost. By Camilla Tominey.

The latest attendance figures from the Department for Education show 46 per cent of schools in England sent one or more pupils home to self-isolate last week. BBC News.

Findings from a new study suggest keeping windows open while using air conditioning could help reduce the spread of coronavirus in classrooms. By Florence Snead, iNews.

Kemi Badenoch, the women and equalities minister, has told MPs that schools which teach elements of critical race theory as fact "without offering a balanced treatment of opposing views" are breaking the law. By Vincent Wood, The Independent.

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