Writing in The Spectator, Dr Andrew Cunningham explores the reasons behind a number of boys' schools turning, or planning to turn, fully co-educational. Dr Cunningham points to the rising number of households in which both parents work, as evidenced by research by the Independent Schools Council (ISC), as one reason why parents are seeking the flexibility offered by co-educational schools. Dr Andrew Cunningham is a former GCSE examiner and has taught English at Bradfield College, Charterhouse, Radley College and North London Collegiate School.

Today's Guardian view looks at reform of Ofsted, arguing the changes announced earlier this week do not go far enough. The editorial states: "The question isn’t simply how to make the current process easier to tolerate, but whether it does more harm than good."

Writing in Tes, Margaret Mulholland warns that specialist classes being set up by schools seeking to to cope with SEND demand risk negatively affecting inclusion if they are not managed properly. Margaret Mulholland is the special educational needs and inclusion specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).

Luke Ramsden, deputy head of an independent school and chair of trustees for the Schools Consent Project, takes a look at the updated Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, which will come into effect in September. Urging schools to prepare ahead of the autumn, Mr Ramsden says: "It is important that all teachers are fully aware of how these systems work, and schools should make sure that this is part of their start-of-year safeguarding training in September." By Luke Ramsden, Tes.

Families could soon have to pay more for school lunches as headteachers struggle to find funds from their own budgets to protect prices from food inflation. Speaking to iNews, headteachers in England said they have been using their own school resources to keep the cost of school meals down to as little at £2.20 and that if they didn’t, the real cost would be more than a third more. By Callum Mason, iNews.

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