• The High Master of St Pauls has been forced to resign following a dispute with governors. It is thought that the governors lost confidence in his ability to raise funds to pay for redevelopments to the school he had pushed for. Times


• David Hanson, chief Executive of the Independent Association of Prep Schools has called for families to be given a grant each year - the sum tapered according to income - which would be put towards education in any chosen local authority, private, independent or voluntary school. This resurrects the debate around 'education vouchers' which the Tories dropped from their manifesto in 2005. Telegraph


• Jamie Oliver has launched a withering attack on Andrew Lansley. Lansley's criticisms of Oliver's school food revolution were countered by Department of Education comments which made clear their irritation, stressing that nutritional standards were entrenched in law and would not be scrapped or diluted - and that Lansley's opinion did not reflect the views of Michael Gove. Guardian


• The headmaster whose centre for children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties is now the darling of Ofsted. His approach is a 'positive touch policy' - teachers hug pupils and pupils give each other ten minutes of massage a day. His new book suggests the key for parents dealing with teenagers is to treat them more like children than adults and to outweigh criticism with praise. Times The eminent St Margaret's School for girls in Edinburgh closed its doors for the last time on Tuesday after governors abruptly announced that the school was heading for insolvency. Parents were angry and emotional about the sudden demise of the school, daughters left without school places for next year and fees which had been paid in advance. Times


• An iGCSE student asks why she had to study for these, harder, exams when she has no intention of taking some of the subjects on to A Level. Michael Gove is to allow state schools to teach the courses. Guardian

• Principal of a Cambridge college has said that students may have to do a four year degree because the gulf between the end of A Levels and starting a degree is now too great. She said students arrived with short attention spans from the modular examinations and 'stifled' by their sixth form curriculum. Times


• A report from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit has suggested that up to a quarter of students face being left without jobs because cuts to Whitehall budgets risked having a 'disproportionate effect on graduates'. Telegraph

• While home births may be favoured by - and good for - mothers, a new study shows that their baby is three times more likely to die. Guardian


• There has been a rise of over 65% in calls from men to the Forced Marriage Unit; last year the FMU gave advice and support to 1,682 men and women regarding suspected forced marriage. Since coming into force in 2008, more than 150 people have been subject to a Forced Marriage Protection Order. Guardian


• Kathy Lette describes her experience of acquitting a guilty rapist in court and the failings of judicial process which allowed this. Guardian

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