Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools are participating in the National Tutoring Programme (a) in total, (b) by constituency and (c) by local authority.

The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) provides additional, targeted support to disadvantaged pupils and is being delivered for the Department by the Education Endowment Foundation and Teach First.

There are currently 4,227 schools enrolled with Tuition Partners. The Department does not hold the requested information at constituency or local authority level. We are working to ensure that there is a high level of awareness amongst schools of the support available, particularly in areas with high numbers of disadvantaged pupils. In academic year 2020-21, we expect that 250,000 children will be tutored by NTP Tuition Partners.

There is still availability for schools to access high-quality tuition, subsidised at 75% by the Department, through the Tuition Partners. We would encourage all schools to review the support available to them from Tuition Partners to provide additional, targeted support for disadvantaged pupils. This will help ensure that the NTP can support as many pupils as possible. Further information and sign-up details are here: https://nationaltutoring.org.uk/ntp-tuition-partners.

In February 2021, we launched a tendering process to secure a NTP delivery partner to provide a further year of NTP support. Further details will be available in due course but we expect to support approximately 750,000 pupils through the NTP in academic year 2021-22.