National Tutoring Programme

(asked on 20th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact on levels of participation in the National Tutoring Programme of changes in the subsidy rate in academic years 2021-22 and 2022-23.


Answered by
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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 28th February 2023

The Department established the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) in summer 2020 to support disadvantaged pupils. Nearly 3 million tutoring courses have started through the programme so far, providing pupils across England with tutoring.

The Department’s guidance for the NTP in 2022/23 sets out that schools are expected to prioritise their Pupil Premium cohort to receive tutoring, in line with the programme’s objective of supporting disadvantaged pupils. Schools are best placed to understand the needs of their pupils and so may also consider offering tuition to other pupils, where appropriate.

The Department collects data from schools on the amount of tutoring they have provided for each pupil via the termly school census which has been made available on GOV.UK at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/national-tutoring-programme/2021-22.

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