National Tutoring Programme gets take-up boost as new contractors announced

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two million courses have been started through the Government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme, according to the latest data. The National Tutoring Programme is helping to level up opportunities for millions of children across England and these latest figures are further evidence of the programme revolutionising the support available to the children who need it most Schools minister Will Quince The majority of schools opted for schools-led tutoring instead, and next year schools will receive tuition funding directly from the Government, which the DfE said will “simplify” the programme. “I am determined to provide every pupil with the opportunity to reach their full potential and look forward to working with Tribal Group, Education Development Trust, and Cognition Education to continue growing this vital programme and ensure even more children can benefit from the high-quality tutoring we know makes such a difference.” Government figures show that 1,433,793 courses have been started through the school-led tutoring route this academic year, with a further 200,835 through tuition partners, and 147,318 through the third pillar of the programme, the academic mentors scheme. We are pleased that the Government has finally seen sense and allowed schools to target funding as they see fit from September Kevin Courtney, NEU Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the Government had been “engaged in a campaign to pressurise schools” into using the NTP, which included “besieging them with telephone calls and the threat of a league table of schools’ take-up of the programme”, due to be published in the autumn.