Also in the news: Ofsted defends its reputation, headteachers concerned about students’ mental health and robotic end-of-year reports come under fire

Also in the news: sending your children to private school may be a poor investment, and an error at Eton sees 400 applicants accepted

In the news: public sector pay limit affects teachers, racial segregation detriments learning and classics campaigners fight to save A-level ancient Greek

In the news: Wilshaw on disadvantaged students, a site is launched to help teachers use Minecraft and two more free schools are rated inadequate

In other news, the exam season is having a negative effect on summer sports and former Ofsted chief Chris Woodhead dies aged 68

The squeeze on school places in England hits secondaries, an American teacher resigns after same-sex fairytale backlash and the new behaviour tsar

Tory MPs push for money to be diverted from urban schools to rural ones, and schools opt to replace ‘test too far’ for reception children

Education secretary to remove legal obstacles to conversion of failing schools, and bright kids from disadvantaged backgrounds fall behind in reception

Cambridge tops the Guardian’s university guide, young people shut out of employment and Ofsted’s chief calls for failing heads to be replaced

Private schools are too focused on league tables, pushy parents put pressure on students, and teachers in France go on strike

The Beatles sing their way onto the new music GCSE curriculum, Nicky Morgan vows to tackle poor schools, and staff strike at Trojan Horse school

A headteacher has been banned for changing Sats answers, seminars on preventing radicalisation and PricewaterhouseCoopers to ignore A-level results

Marking should be outsourced to cut workloads, league tables should be based on five years’ worth of results and Nick Clegg pledges more free school meals

Hundreds of students caught with drugs in schools, Nicky Morgan vows to protect minority language exams and warnings about the risks of rugby

Fewer families get their first choice of primary school, Atlanta teachers jailed for cheating, and teaching about sexual abuse could help students report offenders

Students who fail Sats could face resits, headteachers urged to recruit more black and ethnic minority teachers and union backs ballot on strike over funding

Almost four in 10 NQTs quit within a year, US teachers convicted of racketeering and concerns over the use of support staff in schools

Schools to brave upto 12% real-term funding cuts, Minecraft introduced in Northern Irish secondary schools, and girls doubt their sporting abilities

Bright pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds fall behind after GCSEs, and an inspirational US teacher wins a $1m award

Top performing teachers could receive 2% pay rise, a new £15,000 bursary for maths and physics teachers and David Cameron announces 49 new free schools