According to Tes, the COVID inquiry will examine the impact lockdown school closures had on young people and education "at some point" during the process. By Rhodri Morgan.

The latest figures from UCAS show over 44,000 students remain in clearing, two weeks after their A-level results were published. By Catherine Lough, The Telegraph.

Writing in The Guardian, Paul Brown reflects on the rising popularity of GCSE geography, adding: "The subject seems to have weathered the storm and been embraced by a generation of students anxious to find out about the state of the planet and the people who live in it."

The Office for Students has launched an investigation following a sharp increase in the awarding of first and upper second-class degrees at three higher education providers. By PA Media, The Guardian.

Oscar Williams-Grut, assistant business editor at The Telegraph, writes in the paper in response to the news of Multiverse, Euan Blair's apprenticeship start-up, being given degree-awarding powers. He argues these degrees "show up Britain's failing university system", and calls on the next prime minister to 'overhaul our education system to make it fit for the modern economy'.

Public Child Protection Wales, a campaign group made up of parents, has lost a legal challenge to stop the Welsh Government's Relationships and Sexuality Education curriculum from coming in next week. By James Beal, The Times.

Merchiston, Scotland's only all-boys independent boarding and day school, will welcome girls for the first time when it opens two co-educational forest schools for its youngest pupils in 2024. By Julian Owen, Independent Education Today. The article quotes Jonathan Anderson, head of Merchiston.

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