National Tutoring Programme

(asked on 8th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the School-led tutoring grant scheme, what the regional breakdown is of the pupils enrolled under that scheme as of 8 December 2021; and whether that breakdown fits with his Department’s stated priorities for that scheme.


Answered by
Robin Walker Portrait
Robin Walker
This question was answered on 16th December 2021

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.

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