National Tutoring Programme Debate
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Baroness Wheatcroft
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National Tutoring Programme
Baroness Wheatcroft Excerpts(2 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Barran (Con)
I remind the noble Lord that the bulk of the programme is being directly delivered by schools; that is what they recommended to government, and we listened. Some 230,000 tuition courses started through the school-led pillar, 52,000 through tuition partners and 20,000 through academic mentors. There is a reason for the blend of approaches. It is clearly unacceptable for a tutor not to turn up, and I hope that Mr Ratcliffe has been able to resolve that.
Baroness Wheatcroft (CB)
My Lords, the government figures are for courses which have started, but as the noble Lord pointed out, many of these courses cannot be completed because of no shows by tutors. Does the Minister have any figures for how many courses have been fully completed?