BBC News – Education & Family

• The school fines lottery for parents with absent children
  Families of children who miss school face harsher penalties depending on where they live in England, the BBC has found.
• Young non-smokers told not to take up vaping by experts
  But the findings do show that vaping is far safer than cigarettes, so smokers should switch.
• Transgender charity Mermaids under investigation
  The Charity Commission is investigating concerns over safeguarding.
• GCSE and A-level grades in Wales to be marked generously in 2023
  Qualifications Wales says the decision reflects the "long-term impact" the pandemic had on learners.
• GCSE and A-level grades to fall to pre-Covid levels in England
  A-level and GCSE results in 2023 will be much closer to 2019 levels after a boom in top grades.