Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution of 21 June 2021, Official Report 587, whether individual children are able to access multiple courses of tutoring across different subjects.
Through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), the Department is investing over £1 billion to deliver up to six million intensive 15 hour tutoring courses for 5 to 16 year olds by 2024.
Schools are best placed to identify which pupils would benefit from tuition, based on the needs of their individual pupils. The Department recognises that each school has pupils with varying needs, so we have developed a tutoring programme that provides a high degree of flexibility and choice. The Department has developed options that make it easier for schools to access tutoring whilst ensuring a high degree of discretion to support the pupils most in need.
The focus of the NTP is on supporting disadvantaged pupils, including those eligible for pupil premium. The Department expects a large proportion of pupils enrolled in the NTP to be eligible for pupil premium. Pupils who have received tuition in academic year 2020/21 will again be eligible in the next academic year 2021/22.
There are three subsidised tutoring options for academic year 2021/22: