The Telegraph reports that Edpuzzle, an online learning tool recommended by the Government to schools during the pandemic, has collected thousands of pupils’ data and monitored them while they used it for their education.

Tes takes a closer look at how ventilation can be used to boost attendance in schools beyond the COVID pandemic. By Professor Cath Noakes and Dr Henry Burridge.

According to Schools Week, the Department for Education (DfE) will hire up to eight new advisers to boost attendance support offered by councils, academy trusts and schools. By Tom Belger.

During a House of Lords debate on the Government’s new Schools Bill, Lord Lexden, president of the Independent Schools Association, highlighted the work of independent schools through partnership and bursaries, and asked what a new test to determine whether the proprietors of independent schools are “fit and proper persons”, as outlined in Clause 59 of the Bill, will entail”. Hansard.

Bridget Phillipson writes in The Times criticising the Government’s Schools Bill, describing it as “devoid of serious ideas”. The shadow education secretary also outlines Labour’s plans to improve the education system, which include ending “tax breaks” for independent schools.

Headteachers across the country have warned that pupils are missing out on "invaluable" experiences because schools are having to cut trips as the cost of transport rises. By Callum Mason, Tes.

Nadeine Asbali writes for The Guardian suggesting that decolonising the curriculum does not mean losing traditional texts such as Romeo and Juliet but instead "it’s about re-examining the lens through which we view canonical texts in the first place".

Writing for Tes, Henry Hepburn considers what impact the SNP's proposal to reduce teaching hours by 90 minutes a week would have on Scottish education.

The Government is set to order universities to introduce policies to tackle spiking by the end of the year following a wave of reports over spiking involving needles. By Zoe Tidman, The Independent.

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