- Students' backgrounds should be taken into account when awarding places, says university access watchdog
- Strathallan School pupil wins national design contest
- 'The IGCSE is good enough for all schools'
- ISC Blog: 'All students, regardless of background, should be given information to help them make good financial choices'
- Vocational education: 'Other people's children'
- It might be the summer holidays but the teacher dreams will continue to haunt us
Students' backgrounds should be taken into account when awarding places, says university access watchdog
Higher educationThe Office for Students has said that institutions should look at applicants' backgrounds when admitting students. By Sean Coughlan, BBC News.
Strathallan School pupil wins national design contest
Independent sectorRobbie MacIsaac, a pupil from Strathallan School in Perth, has won a national design contest by creating a blowpipe that could prevent pipers from developing 'bagpipe lung'. By Mark Bridge, The Times.
'The IGCSE is good enough for all schools'
ExaminationsFiona Millar writes in The Guardian about alternative GCSE examinations, saying the independent sector "is acting rationally by sticking to a tried and tested qualification" that should be good enough for all schools.
ISC Blog: 'All students, regardless of background, should be given information to help them make good financial choices'
ISC blogKaren Kimura, learning and development manager at the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), argues that schools need to think differently about how to educate young people to manage money.
Vocational education: 'Other people's children'
Further educationThe Guardian profiles Barnaby Lenon, chairman of the Independent Schools Council, focusing on the publication of his recent book on vocational education, 'Other People’s Children'.
It might be the summer holidays but the teacher dreams will continue to haunt us
And finallyEmma Kell, a secondary teacher in north-east London, discusses her work-based dreams which continue through the summer holidays. Tes.