The National Tutoring Programme is a government-funded, sector-led initiative to support schools to address the impact of Covid-19 school closures on pupils’ learning.
From the 2020-21 school year, the National Tutoring Programme will make high-quality tuition available to state-maintained primary and secondary schools, providing additional support to help pupils who have missed out the most as a result of school closures.
There is a substantial attainment gap between pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and their classmates – and the EEF's analysis suggests this is likely to be growing significantly while schools are closed to most pupils.
There is extensive evidence showing the impact of tutoring to support pupils who have fallen behind.
However, access to tutoring is often limited to the schools and parents that can most afford it. It’s estimated that around 80% of disadvantaged pupils currently don’t have access to quality tuition. The National Tutoring Programme aims to support schools in addressing this.
The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) consists of two pillars;
- Tuition Partners: schools will be able to access heavily subsidised tuition from an approved list of tuition partners. These organisations – which will all be subject to quality, safeguarding and evaluation standards – will be given support and funding to reach as many disadvantaged pupils as possible.
- Academic Mentors: schools in the most disadvantaged areas will be supported to employ in-house academic mentors to provide intensive catch-up support to their pupils. Teach First will be supporting the recruitment, training and placement of the first cohort of academic mentors - click here to visit the Teach First website for further information and to register your interest.
Guided by quality standards and clear criteria to target support to the most disadvantaged pupils, teachers and school leaders will decide which approach best fits their needs, which tuition partners to work with, and which pupils will benefit most from additional tuition.
The design and delivery of the National Tutoring Programme in its first year will be led by a collaboration of five charities - the Education Endowment Foundation, Sutton Trust, Impetus, Nesta and Teach First - supported by the KPMG Foundation.
Frequently Asked Questions
An FAQs in relation to the National Tutoring Programme available online here.
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Please sign-up here if you would like to register for email updates on the National Tutoring Programme, including the launch of the funding round.
Enquiries:
For any other enquiries or questions regarding the National Tutoring Programme, please email info@nationaltutoring.org.uk.