Tutor Trust Impact Report 2023/2024 - Report - Page 10
Our approach
Our focus on quality
Tutor Trust is focused on high-quality and
impactful programmes. We welcome new
ideas to grow our offer, whilst staying true
to our core mission.
We have a dedicated Quality and Impact
team including former teaching sta昀昀
who oversee our impact management
approach across the organisation.
We gather and analyse data from:
• Pupil demographics and attainment
• Pupil baseline and endpoint
assessments
• Sessional data like pupils’
tutoring attendance and hours
of tutoring received
• Pupil performance in SATs and GCSEs
▼ St John Bosco Arts
College, Croxteth, Year
7 maths pupils, with
tutor Carolyn Edwards
Feedback is crucial to improving our
programmes. This year we launched
a new ‘Pupil Voice’ survey, after a
collaboration with the University of
Manchester. It obtains comprehensive
data which tracks changes in perceived
motivation, con昀椀dence and enjoyment
of learning, as well as attitudes towards
school and tutoring. This allows us to
better understand and support pupils’
experiences. We also listen to our tutors
and school partners through surveys
and focus groups annually.
High-quality training
To ensure that every pupil who needs
a great tutor has access to one, we
take a rigorous approach to selection,
recruiting highly motivated individuals
to become tutors with us. Once signed
up, our trainee tutors undergo training
over three to four weeks covering:
• Insight and context into our work
and why it matters
• How to prepare and deliver highimpact sessions that make a di昀昀erence
• Specialised guidance into high-quality
tuition tailored to their subject
of interest
• Learning the logistics and our systems.
They are provided with ongoing
monitoring and support from our
in-house team of quali昀椀ed teachers
alongside external professionals and
academics in the world of education
as well as access to our online training
hub, Thinqi.
Safeguarding children
At Tutor Trust, the safety and the
welfare of young people always come
昀椀rst. We follow safer recruitment
practices in line with the current
edition of Keeping Children Safe
in Education (KCSiE) to ensure our
recruitment is as robust as it can be.
Before becoming eligible to tutor, or
work for Tutor Trust, all applicants must
undertake rigorous pre-employment
checks and complete school-standard
safeguarding training supplied by TES.
Tutors and sta昀昀 also attend introductory
meetings with schools before tutoring
takes place, this is to document both
the school’s and Tutor Trust’s policies
and safeguarding reporting procedures.
Our experienced and highly trained
specialist safeguarding team are always
on hand to support both tutors and
partner schools when required.
10
Tutor Trust Impact Report 2023/24
