Tutoring scheme expanding to offer greater flexibility

Schools will have greater flexibility to offer 15-hour tutoring courses that meet the needs of their pupils, in a major expansion of the National Tutoring Programme backed by £1 billion.

The programme is expected to reach up to six million pupils across the country in total over the next three years to make sure students that need it receive quality catch up support.

Schools can now sign up with this year’s external tuition providers, covering the whole country and expected to reach over 500,000 students this year.

New guidance has been published to support schools to offer their own teacher-led tuition, expected to reach over one million students this academic year.

Academic mentors are being placed in selected schools across the country to work in small groups with over 250,000 students most in need of support this year.

The three National Tutoring Programme routes have been developed to complement one another, allowing students to potentially access up to all three areas of support at the same time.

The government is also investing £102 million in 21/22 through the 16-19 Tuition Fund to support hundreds of thousands of young people to catch up in English, maths and other vocational and academic subjects. This is in addition to the £96 million made available in 20/21 to deliver vital support for those 16-19-year-olds who needed it the most.