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The how
Why tutoring?
We know tutoring works. Having support from
a knowledgeable, encouraging tutor can help
to consolidate classroom learning and provide
personalised support.
15 The Sutton Trust; Tutoring –
The New Landscape p3
https://www.suttontrust.com/
our-research/tutoring-2023the-new-landscape/
16 Ibid.
17 The Education Endowment
Foundation, ‘A昀昀ordable one-toone and small group tuition in
maths and English’ at https://
educationendowment
foundation.org.uk/projectsand-evaluation/projects/tutortrust-e昀昀ectiveness-trial
18 https://www.gov.uk/
government/publications/
independent-reviewof-tutoring-in-schoolsand-16-to-19-providers/
independent-review-of-tutoringin-schools-phase-2-昀椀ndings
19 NFER, ‘Cost-of-living crisis:
Impact on schools,’ September
2023 at https://www.nfer.ac.uk/
media/5493/cost_of_living_
impact_on_schools_school_
provision.pdf
Parents know it works, which is why
30% of all 11-16 year-olds have accessed
private tuition during their schooling.15
But it shouldn’t be the preserve of a
privileged few; every young person that
needs some extra academic support
should be able to access it. We know that
private tutoring is una昀昀ordable for many
families: children whose parents work in
professional and managerial occupations
are twice as likely to receive private tutoring
as those whose parents work in manual or
routine jobs.16 That’s why, for twelve years,
we have been partnering with schools to
provide high-quality, impactful tutoring to
those young people who would otherwise
miss out.
Our own 2016/17 large-scale Randomised
Control Trial, conducted in partnership
with the Education Endowment Foundation,
was a key piece of evidence used in
the design of the National Tutoring
Programme (NTP).17
Evidence from 105 schools, in which a
group of Year 6 pupils in the ‘intervention’
schools had received 12 hours of Maths
tuition from us, found that:
• Pupils who received the tutoring made,
on average, three months additional
progress compared with peers in the
control group
• The e昀昀ect was greatest for low prior
attainers and pupils eligible for Free
School Meals
• There was a spillover e昀昀ect in reading
attainment.
While the NTP has certainly had its
challenges over the past three years, we
believe that, where provision has been
high quality, the tutoring funded by the
programme has made a real di昀昀erence to
children and young people in the aftermath
of the pandemic. The Future of Tutoring
report, released in June 2023, found that
tutoring is hugely popular among parents,
with 77% of parents polled in Summer
2023 supporting an increase in tutoring
provision, while 73% of parents believed
that government should pay for tutoring
for pupils from low-income backgrounds.
The report also noted the enthusiasm
young people had for receiving tutoring.
Ofsted’s independent review of tutoring in
schools, released in 2023, highlighted just
how positively pupils feel about tutoring,
with sessions providing ‘a safe, judgmentfree learning environment for pupils to ask
questions and make mistakes.’18
However, the 昀椀nancial pressures facing
schools have meant that some schools
are simply no longer able to o昀昀er pupils
this support. 37% of primary schools
and 20% of secondary schools have had
to cut targeted learning support, such
as tutoring, in response to budgetary
pressures.19 We’re committed to securing
long-term funding for tutoring in schools
and ensuring that tutoring is embedded
into schools’ normal practice: 昀椀nd out more
about the work we’ve been doing alongside
partners in the sector on page 35.
Abigail (right) at the launch of The Future
of Tutoring with (from left to right) The Rt
Hon Robert Halfon MP, Minister of State
(Education), Susannah Hardyman (Action
Tutoring), Robin Walker MP, Chair, Education
Committee, and Sarah Waite (Get Further).
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