ISC Daily News Summary

Skills minister, Anne Milton, has shown a lack of confidence in the new T-level qualification, due to be launched in 2010. By Rosemary Bennett, The Times.

Tes includes an article reporting on remarks made by the shadow further education minister, Gordon Marsden, who has criticised Ms Milton for her comments.

According to a study led by the University of Exeter Medical School, teachers who ignore misbehaving children, and praise the well-behaved, were more likely to see positive results in the overall conduct of the class. By Eleanor Busby, The Independent.

Former Labour education secretary, Charles Clarke, has stated that religious education in schools is outdated and should better reflect the UK. By Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian.

Daisy Christodoulou, director of education at No More Marking, argues that children should not allow learning to 'disappear' over the summer holidays. Tes.

A bug has hit Capita’s Schools Information Management System (SIMS), which supplies information management to 23,000 schools. By Pippa Allen-Kinross, Schools Week.

The Family and Childcare Trust has surveyed local councils across England, Scotland and Wales about the cost of holiday childcare provision. By Katherine Sellgren, BBC News.