Lucy Powell, the education secretary, has confirmed the government intends to accept all 27 recommendations of Sir David Bell's report into antisemitism in schools. Addressing MPs in the House of Commons, she said the review has revealed the "shocking scale" of the issue in Britain, and vowing that "change will come". Ms Powell added that all children and teachers should be able to go to school or college "free from fear" and insisting that tackling antisemitism is a "generational challenge". Welcoming the plans for more training, resources and support for schools regarding antisemitism, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT, is quoted in The Independent saying headteachers "take their responsibility to create safe and inclusive environments for pupils and staff extremely seriously and support meaningful action to tackle it". By Millie Cooke. Also reported by Judith Moritz and Daniel Wittenberg for BBC News.

In a letter to The Times, Laurence Wolff, son of Holocaust survivor Professor Heinz Wolff, says he has "mixed feelings" about Sir David Bell's review. Much as he welcomes efforts to strengthen Holocaust education, he warns against it becoming a repetitive "tick-box activity" and stresses that schools should focus on tackling the "real causes of the current antisemitism crisis"  The letter appears halfway down the page.

Rosalind Franklin is the only female scientist named in GCSE and National 5 science exam specifications in the UK, according to new research by the University of Cambridge. It found that of the 86 scientists named by UK exam boards, the English chemist, whose work in the 1950s helped reveal the structure of DNA, was the only woman. The academics, along with institutions in the US and Australia, looked at how many women were mentioned in specifications for biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, geology and astronomy, across six exam boards in the UK. At Key Stage 4 and equivalent, including GCSEs and National 5s in Scotland, Ms Franklin was the only woman among the 86 scientists mentioned. By Hazel Shearing, BBC News. Additional reporting by Marthe de Ferrer and Rahib Khan. 

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