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• 'Minority language data is key'
  Schools should keep detailed records of the languages spoken by ethnic minority pupils urges a report.
  
  
• £9k fees 'to push debt up £100bn'
  A study suggests public sector debt will be pushed up by £100bn over next two decades by higher university fees.
  
  
• GCSE overhaul may cut grade range
  GCSE results could be overhauled with a cut in the number of grades suggests the exams regulator for England, Ofqual.
  
  
• Gove loses court ruling over cuts
  Education Secretary Michael Gove loses a High Court battle with Essex County Council over government cuts to nursery funding.
  
  
• SA 'fails pupils on textbooks'
  The South African government's failure to provide textbooks to all state school pupils violates the constitution, the high court rules.
  
  
• Swimming: Why I took the plunge
  How swimming can be a life-changer
  
  
• Some work schemes 'of no benefit'
  A parliamentary committee questions the length and quality of some apprenticeships, saying six month programmes are of no real benefit.
  
  
• Warning over A-level reform plans
  An independent schools leader says A-levels could become university entrance exams if academics are given too much control.
  
  
• Schools 'fail to teach swimming'
  A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association.
  
  
• Poor literacy standards tackled
  A five-year plan to tackle poor reading and writing standards in schools is published by the Welsh government.
  
  
• VIDEO: Social workers warn over cuts threat
  Nearly five years after the death of Baby Peter Connelly, a survey of social workers suggests many are worried about unmanageable amounts of work.