- Cross-country running taken back to its Shrewsbury starting point
- Letters: Girls love STEM
- Personal statements are "an open door to cheating"
- "It remains less about the school you go to than the home you come from"
- 'Schools must avoid Holocaust fatigue by teaching pupils about anti-Semitism,' warns historian
- 'Why PISA hysteria must stop'
- What skills should children learn?
- Government cuts will hit parents with increasing childcare fees, charity warns
Cross-country running taken back to its Shrewsbury starting point
Independent sectorThe Times reports on the first cross-country running race, which took place at Shrewsbury School, as attempts are made to return the sport to its English roots. Charlie Ockleston,an 18-year-old pupil at Shrewsbury, started the race at the world cross-country championships in Denmark this weekend. The article quotes Peter Middleton, Shrewsbury's deputy head.
Letters: Girls love STEM
LettersYear 13 pupils from Roedean School have written to The Sunday Times contradicting comments made by an Italian professor of theoretical physics that "women don’t like physics".
Letter just above halfway.
Personal statements are "an open door to cheating"
Higher educationExperts have said personal statements are ‘unfair’ because teenagers often enlist help from parents or professionals to draft them. By Sian Griffiths, The Sunday Times.
"It remains less about the school you go to than the home you come from"
General educationKate Clanchy, a poet and teacher, has written a book looking back over her 30-year career in teaching. The Times reports on her account of school life in the "educationally obsessive town" of Oxford. By Andrew Billen.
'Schools must avoid Holocaust fatigue by teaching pupils about anti-Semitism,' warns historian
General educationSimon Schama, a Cambridge historian and broadcaster, has said pupils are mainly taught about the Holocaust when studying Jewish history and are at risk of suffering "Holocaust fatigue". By Nic Brunetti, The Telegraph.
'Why PISA hysteria must stop'
International educationWilliam Stewart argues teachers should not succumb to the ranking pressure of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Tes.
What skills should children learn?
General educationFollowing claims that traditional jobs will be obsolete in the next twenty years, the Mail on Sunday asks what skills children should be learning in order to best prepare for the future. By Amy Oliver, Saskia Hume and Laura Craik.
Government cuts will hit parents with increasing childcare fees, charity warns
Primary education and early yearsThe Early Years Alliance has criticised the Government for overlooking the effects of nursery cuts. By Jenn Selby, iNews.