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The future
Securing the future of tutoring in schools
Since the pandemic, we have advocated for
tutoring as part of a catch up for all pupils.
During the initial months of the pandemic,
we were one of four organisations to
participate in the National Online Tutoring
Pilot, and we strongly welcomed the
announcement of the NTP in June 2020.
We have been an accredited Tuition Partner
in all subsequent years and continue to
excel against the Tuition Partner Quality
Assurance Framework.
21 Public First, The Future of
Tutoring: https://impetus-org.
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assets/publications/TheFuture-of-Tutoring.pdf
22 DfE: https://www.gov.uk/
government/publications/
national-tutoring-programmeyear-3-implementation-andprocess-evaluation
23 Ofsted: https://www.gov.uk/
government/publications/
independent-review-oftutoring-in-schools-and-16-to19-providers
As a sector leader, we work closely with
sister charities and other sector partners,
particularly through Impetus and the Fair
Education Alliance, to call for continued
investment in tutoring in schools. Our CEO,
Ed, and Executive Director, Abigail, have
both met numerous times with decisionmakers in Downing Street, Department
for Education and HM Treasury. Our work,
and those of our sector partners, has led
to real change: given the pressure on school
budgets, we were pleased when the DfE
announced in May 2023 that NTP subsidies
given to schools in 2023/24 would pay for
50% of tutoring programmes, rather than
25% as initially envisaged. This has enabled
far more schools across England to continue
to provide tutoring to their pupils.
In June 2023, Public First released The
Future of Tutoring report, which Tutor
Trust, alongside a number of other sector
leaders, co-sponsored. The report, based on
extensive polling of parents and teachers and
focus groups with pupils engaged in tutoring,
pointed to the positive impact of tutoring.21
Pupils too, enjoy the experience of tutoring:
the authors of the report noted that ‘a
striking 昀椀nding throughout the research
was the pupils’ positivity towards tutoring…
if they had the chance to have more
tutoring (both in the same subject and
in other subjects), they would take it.’
The DfE’s evaluation of the third year
of the NTP, published in October 2023,
con昀椀rmed the positive perceptions of
tutoring in the sector: school leaders agree
that NTP is having a positive impact on
pupils’ attainment (78%), con昀椀dence (78%),
and ability to catch up with their peers
(76%). Ofsted’s independent review of
tutoring, also published in October 2023,
highlighted that, when well-planned and
executed, tutoring makes a real di昀昀erence.
It also emphasised how much pupils enjoy
tutoring, seeing sessions as a safe space
in which to ask questions. However, both
reports noted that future provision of
in-school tutoring is highly dependent on
continued funding.22,23
Key 昀椀ndings
from the Future
of Tutoring
Report:
77%
of parents
supported
an increase
in tutoring
provision
73%
of parents
thought that
government
should pay for
tutoring for pupils
from low-income
backgrounds
We are continuing to work with partners
in the sector, including Impetus and the
Fair Education Alliance, to call for all political
parties to make a commitment to long-term,
ringfenced funding for tutoring in schools.
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