According to analysis by the Labour Party, take-up of the National Tutoring Programme is so slow that all current secondary pupils in England will have left school by the time the Government's catch-up targets are met. By Sally Weale, The Guardian.

Teaching unions have urged the Government to expand its free school meals scheme to include all children from families who receive universal credit to help tackle the "devastating reality" of the cost of living crisis. By Kate McGough, BBC News.

The attorney general's advice to schools to "take a much firmer line" with pupils who identify as transgender has been met with criticism from some school leaders, who have warned that not listening to young people "would risk damaging mental health" at a time when pupils have already suffered during the pandemic. By Sally Weale, The Guardian.

According to a review by Education Scotland, Scottish schools are dedicating more time to literacy, numeracy and wellbeing as they emerge from the pandemic, but "in a few cases" this has been to the detriment of other subjects. By Emma Seith, Tes.

BBC News reports that a campaign group has been granted its request to seek a judicial review into plans to make relationship and sexuality education (RSE) compulsory in Welsh schools.

New research from TalkTalk has found that more than two thirds of parents have turned to voice assistants such as Alexa or Google Home to help their children with 'difficult' homework. By Catherine Lough, The Independent.

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