National Tutoring Programme

(asked on 23rd June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of awareness in schools of the National Tutoring Programme.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 28th June 2021

Since its launch in November 2020, over 230,000 pupils have been enrolled to receive tutoring and over 26,000 tutors are available to support schools. Of those enrolled, over 170,000 pupils have already commenced tutoring.

The Department is on target to offer tuition to 250,000 pupils in this first year. Through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), the Department is investing over £1 billion to deliver up to 6 million, intensive 15 hour tutoring courses for 5 to 16 year olds by 2024, and the equivalent of 2 million, 15 hour courses for 16 to 19 year olds.

Evidence suggests that pupils who receive a course of small group tutoring can make between three and five months additional progress. The Department has continued to build on this successful engagement through a range of targeted communication activities with schools to increase awareness and continue to encourage pupils to enrol in the programme.

Alongside the NTP website, the programme is featured in regular communications to schools from the Department, and we continue to engage with school leaders, local school networks and national stakeholders to ensure that the NTP continues to reach as many disadvantaged pupils as possible. Communications include key programme updates, information to dispel myths about the programme and sharing evidence for the efficacy of the tutoring model. The Department also gathers and shares case studies of participating schools and successes to illustrate the impact of the programme.

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