The Times reports teachers will be the only key workers other than NHS and care staff to be prioritised for coronavirus tests. By Chris Smyth.

Dame Alison Peacock, chief executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, has warned that some headteachers are "at the end of their tether" due to issues with the Government's testing system. By Claudia Civinini, Tes.

Schools Week reports on new findings which suggest anxiety levels among headteachers peaked in the week before schools closed and when phased reopenings were announced. By Freddie Whittaker.

Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, has warned that schools in local lockdown areas could switch to a rota system within weeks, if the number of coronavirus cases does not fall. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said measures to bring the rate of infection down in Scotland will prioritise keeping schools open. By Henry Hepburn, Tes. According to The Guardian, Scottish ministers are considering implementing a "rolling lockdown" for different parts of the country during the October half-term. By Severin Carrell.

According to new poll findings, 32 per cent of six to 15-year-olds have heard someone be racist at school, and children are most likely to have experienced racism by the age of 13. By Damien Gayle, The Guardian.

Richard Devey, head of senior school at Gordonstoun and member of the school's volunteer fire service, writes in The Telegraph about the importance of service education.

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