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Paul Smith, headmaster of Hereford Cathedral School and chairman of the Choir Schools' Association (CSA), has highlighted the risks choir schools are under at the association's centenary conference. Tes.

Heather Hanbury, headmistress of Lady Eleanor Holles Schools in Hampton, has written an exam stress guide for The Telegraph to advise pupils and parents through the process. The newspaper has also covered this as a news story.

MPs have said the government's proposals for improving mental health will leave thousands of children lacking the support they really need. By Eleanor Busby, The Independent. Also reported by BBC News, Tes and Schools Week.

John May, secretary-general of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, writes to The Times about Gordonstoun's founding principal's input in the creation of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. The Times. Letter almost half-way down.

As funding cuts worsen, the Church of England has warned that small schools with tight budgets can be difficult to justify. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

Professor George Feiger, executive dean of Aston Business School, writes in Tes that the apprenticeship levy has broadened the definition of apprenticeships.