According to iNews, pupils who test positive for COVID during their GCSE and A-level exams this summer have been told to stay at home for three days. However, headteachers have warned there is a risk that many teenagers will bring the virus into the exam hall because those aged 18 and under have been told they should not test unless asked to by a health professional. By Will Hazell.

Speaking to The Guardian. several education experts offer their advice for pupils revising for GCSEs and A-levels this year. By Richard Adams. The article quotes Barnaby Lenon, chairman of the Independent Schools Council.

According to a survey by the National Education Union, 44 per cent of teachers plan to switch careers by 2027, with 52 per cent of respondents saying that their workload is “unmanageable” or “unmanageable most of the time”. By Eleanor Hayward, The Times.

According to The Sunday Times, the Government is developing new guidance for schools on what uniform transgender pupils should wear and whether they can join single-sex school sports teams. By Harry Yorke and Sian Griffiths. The article mentions St Paul's Girls' School.

According to a YouGov poll commissioned by the human rights organisation Sex Matters, 79 per cent of secondary school teachers say their school has students who identify as transgender or non-binary. By James Beal, The Times.

The Times reports that Ofsted, the school inspectorate, will be given powers to enter and close illegal schools after it warned that some children are being educated in garages, exposed to extremist material and taught by offenders. By Harry Yorke, The Sunday Times.

A boarding school called Oasis Restore will be built as part of a new approach to youth detention in England. Andrew Willetts, the school's director, said: “Our aspirations are that we are going to look after these children and make sure they have a path [to jobs] beyond us, so that they do not get caught up in the cycle of reoffending." By Sian Griffiths, Tom Calver and George Willoughby, The Sunday Times.

A report published by Universities UK has found that the UK has nearly a million graduate-level vacancies, with the number of graduate jobs outnumbering graduates in 2020. By Richard Adams, The Guardian.

According to The Telegraph, universities are to face Ofsted-style inspections for the first time amid concerns that students are receiving poor online teaching as a result of the pandemic. By Ewan Somerville.

The Guardian interviews Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), on her new book which aims to inspire debate on how to empower and retain teachers and improve children’s outcomes. By Donna Ferguson.

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