Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the School-led tutoring grant scheme, how many pupils have (a) been enrolled for 2021-22 and (b) had at least one tutoring session as of 8 December 2021 under that scheme; how many schools have booked in tutoring under that scheme; and whether those figures are above, below or on target for this point in the 2021-22 academic year.

National Tutoring Programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published.

The department continues to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme (school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors) and will be publishing this shortly.

The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million hours of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.

Schools choose which pupils receive tutoring according to their individual needs. However, the £579 million for school-led tutoring has been allocated using the number of pupils in each school attracting the pupil premium. In addition, the department is working to ensure at least 65% of tuition partner tutoring goes to disadvantaged pupils.

An independent evaluation of the programme for the current academic year is being undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research.