16 to 19 Tuition Fund

(asked on 11th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what catch-up provision his Department will put in place to support 16 to 19-year-olds during the 2021-22 academic year.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 18th January 2021

The additional funding for the 16 to 19 tuition fund, of up to £96 million for the 2020/21 academic year, enables schools, colleges and other 16-19 providers to provide small group tuition for disadvantaged students whose learning has been disrupted as a result of COVID-19. This tuition can take place either in the classroom or virtually and includes both English and maths, among other courses. It is important for young people to be able to catch up now so one to one and small group sessions will continue virtually.

The 16-19 tuition fund forms part of catch up package worth £1 billion, including a ‘Catch up Premium’ worth a total of £650 million to support schools to make up for lost teaching time and the £350 million National Tutoring Programme is an ambitious scheme that will provide additional, targeted tuition support for disadvantaged pupils and students who need the most help to catch-up.

We are looking carefully at what additional support for 16-19 year olds may be needed for the 2021/22 academic year and will keep this under review.

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