The winner of a new award encouraging good community schooling will be announced on Monday. Created by the Accord Coalition, it is rewarding schools that are "inclusive, tolerant and transparent".

Ed Balls today denied offering faith schools an opt-out from new rules requiring teachers to address issues such as homosexual equality and contraception in sex education lessons.

The Children's Rights Alliance for England have condemned a new Government amendment to its own Children, Schools and Families Bill, describing its restrictions on sex education as discriminatory.