IntroductionThe current challengeYoung people continue to face considerablechallenges in their education, as the attainmentgap widens beyond the pandemic.3 Education PolicyInstitute, 2024https://epi.org.uk/annual-report-2024disadvantage-2/4 Education PolicyInstitute, 2024https://epi.org.uk/annual-report2024-geographicdisadvantage-gaps/5 Sutton Trust, 2024https://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/schoolfunding-and-pupilpremium-2024/6 The Tutor Trust,2017 https://www.thetutortrust.org/impact/our-rctevidenceThe attainment gap for primary andsecondary school aged pupils is stillat its highest since 2011. Child povertyis rising, with research showingthat pupils have been increasinglyexperiencing disadvantage for longerperiods of time3, which a昀昀ects the areaswhere we deliver tuition. Young peoplefrom lower income backgrounds at age16 in the North West, and Yorkshireand The Humber were found to havean attainment gap of 21.7 and 21.3months respectively. The average gapin attainment across the areas we workin was 21.5 months. Additionally, this gapin learning has widened post-pandemic,with Key Stage 4 students in the NorthWest seeing some of the greatest gaps,whilst London experienced no changein this category4. These concerns wereaddressed by the National TutoringProgramme (NTP), which ended inAugust 2024. The current challengeis ensuring young people continueto receive this much needed support.These challenges are furthercompounded by funding concerns inschools and the ongoing cost of livingcrisis. The Sutton Trust identi昀椀ed thatPupil Premium funding is no longer beingused for its intended purposes of helpingto support young people from lowerincome backgrounds, and instead beingallocated to general school costs5.Tutor Trust o昀昀ers a high-quality, impactfuland a昀昀ordable option to schools to helpreduce the educational attainment gap.Our model is backed by the ‘gold standard’of evidence6.Our 昀椀rst Randomised ControlTrial (RCT), a large-scale e昀昀ectivenesstrial conducted in 2017 by the EducationEndowment Foundation (EEF), showedthat Year 6 pupils receiving 12 hours ofour tutoring made an additional threemonths’ progress in maths. Progress wasgreatest for low prior attainers and pupilsreceiving Free School Meals, and therewas a ‘spillover e昀昀ect’ with the tutees’performance in reading also increasing.The evidence from this research informedthe Department for Education’s designof the National Tutoring Programme(NTP), which we participated in as aTuition Partner throughout its lifespan.A second RCT, commissioned by the EEFas part of the NTP, focused on boostingengagement and attendance at tutoringamong secondary school pupils. Thisalso resulted in positive 昀椀ndings whichwe have embedded into our processes.Tutor Trust’s evidence allows us to beunique in the sector in having ‘goldstandard’ evidence of the impact of ourwork from two Education EndowmentFoundation RCTs.Furthermore, to support schools inthe 2023/24 academic year Tutor Trustabsorbed 20% of tuition costs. With thesupport of our funders, we have beenable to reduce costs to schools bya further 30% this academic year.◀ St Paul’s Church of England Primary School, Year5 maths pupils with tutor Madeeha Khan-Israeel6Tutor Trust Impact Report 2023/24
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