ISC Daily News Summary

AQA, the UK's biggest exam board, has been ordered to pay more than than £1million in fines and compensation after it was revealed some of its GCSE and A-level papers were "remarked" by the same examiner. By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph.

A report published by the Health Foundation has found 82 per cent of teachers believe the focus on exams has become disproportionate to the focus on pupil wellbeing. By Dave Speck, Tes.

New research, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, has found pupils taking part in physical exercise during lessons improved their academic performance by 80 per cent. By Laura Donnelly, The Telegraph.

Dr John Hall, the Dean of Westminster Abbey, has warned 'too many Muslim children are being educated in poorly funded independent schools because of the lack of support for state-funded faith schools'. By Valentine Low, The Times.

Research conducted by Cardiff University has found two-fifths of 11 to 16-year-olds have undertaken some form of gambling in the past year. By Katherine Sellgren, BBC News.

According to figures obtained through freedom of information requests, there were 1,072 cases of children caught with weapons at school in the last financial year, compared to 831 the previous year. By John Simpson, The Times.