The charity Place2Be has warned that children could become distressed if their parents have been badly affected by the Queen's death. The Evening Standard reports that pupils in London are being offered one-to-one support from the charity. By Anna Davis.

Tes reports that the Government's energy support scheme, aimed at helping schools and other public sector bodies with utility bills from October, could involve “backdating if necessary” if the launch is delayed. By Callum Mason.

According to The Times, urgent education reform in Scotland is being steered by the same officials accused of failure in their current roles. By Mark McLaughlin.

A leading article in The Times claims the SNP’s education reform programme “gives the impression of asking officials to mark their own homework”.

Pearson Edexcel has partnered with the Parallel Histories charity to create a new teaching aid designed to boost the number of schools willing to cover the history of the Israel and Palestine conflict. By Callum Mason, Tes.

Research suggests many 10-year-olds could be missing out on the equivalent of a night’s sleep each week due to excessive social media use. Roughly 70 per cent of children involved in a study by De Montfort University, Leicester, said they used social media for four hours or more a day. By Rhys Blakely, The Times.

Journalist and author Holly Korbey writes in Tes considering the cognitive benefits of learning music and the mounting evidence behind it, despite falling entries in the subject.

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