Overview
- Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar and other schools have launched weekly enrichment programmes on phone etiquette and life skills for sixth-formers.
- UCAS figures show a one-third drop in clearing calls since 2019 as Gen Z favours texting and voice notes over live conversations.
- Jo Saxton confirms that phone-based clearing will stay in place for now and that a digital automatic-offer system is still years from launch.
- Universities will open clearing hotlines at 7 am on A-level results day amid record offer volumes and heightened competition.
- Workshops also cover budgeting, tenancy agreements and digital professionalism to ease students’ transition to university.