The groundbreaking National Tutoring Programme of the Government is having an ever-growing impact, as evidenced by new statistics released today (19 July), with nearly 1.8 million courses having been started this year across an estimated 80% of schools.
With nearly 600,000 course starts in just the previous two months, the initiative has now offered just under 2.1 million courses overall, revolutionising the way children receive individualised support in the classroom.
For this academic year, the government established a goal of two million courses.
By the end of the year, final data will be released, and it is anticipated that growth will continue through the summer.
The 1.8 million courses that were begun between 1 September 2021 and 26 June 2022 show the enormous usefulness of the programme and the tenacity of schools, teachers, and students in the face of the Omicron wave’s disruption of student and staff attendance over the winter.
The National Tutoring Programme, which was created as a component of the Government’s comprehensive Covid recovery plan, aids students in England in getting back on track after the pandemic’s disruption.
It is a commitment made in the Schools White Paper to provide every kid who struggles in English and arithmetic with top-notch support.
According to today’s numbers, 80 percent of schools are currently enrolled in the programme, showing a 14 percentage point rise in enrollment since May 2022.
The findings also show that school-led tutoring, which now makes up more than three-quarters of all courses started, continues to be successful.
As part of the program’s new operating model for the upcoming school year, which will see funding go directly to schools, the Department has today announced the appointment of three new delivery partners: Tribal Group, Education Development Trust, and Cognition Education.
This makes it simpler than ever for students to access tutoring sessions.
This will take the place of the old arrangement, where Randstad served as the program’s sole contractor.
Will Quince, the school’s minister, said:
These most recent results are more proof that the National Tutoring Programme is revolutionising the support available to the children who need it most.
The programme is helping to level the playing field for millions of youngsters across England.
I am committed to giving every student the chance to realise their full potential, and I am excited to collaborate with Tribal Group, Education Development Trust, and Cognition Education to expand this crucial programme and make sure even more kids can take advantage of the high-quality tutoring that we know has such a positive impact.
This academic year, 1,433,793 courses have been begun overall through school-led tutoring, along with 200,835 courses through Tuition Partners and 147,318 courses through Academic Mentors.
The three new organisations that will assist the delivery of high-quality tutoring over the next two years have been unveiled as schools receive confirmation of their funding this week, with allocations totaling £349 million.
Tribal Group will assist schools by providing Tuition Partners with quality assurance.
This will guarantee that schools may have faith in the calibre of tutoring offered by Tuition Partners who are a part of the programme.
Cognition Education will hire qualified individuals to serve as academic mentors and send them to the schools that require extra tutoring resources the most.
The Education Development Trust will offer new tutors top-notch training, ensuring that all tutors working in schools have the abilities necessary for the position.
Tribal Group’s Head of Operations, Kathryn Harris-Gurner, said:
We are honoured to participate in the National Tutoring Program’s upcoming phase.
The government’s investment in tutoring has the potential to change all schools, but especially those that serve students from the most disadvantaged homes.
We will work closely with school administrators, the tutoring industry, and the DfE to implement a new method for choosing and overseeing Tuition Partners that maintains high standards across the nation, building on the lessons previously learnt in the first two years of the NTP.
Cognition Learning Group’s CEO, Tina Lucas, stated:
Being given the contract to support the National Tutoring Program makes us very happy.
We are honoured to have been chosen to provide schools with access to high-caliber Academic Mentors to help them address the challenges faced by many of our most disadvantaged students as a result of pandemic disruptions to their education.
As a company committed to transforming the lives of children and young people through learning, we are proud to have been chosen.
Education Development Trust’s programme director, Yalinie Vigneswaran, stated:
The national catch-up programme is a crucial undertaking, and Education Development Trust is pleased to continue our participation in order to prevent the harm caused by the pandemic from undermining schoolchildren’s life opportunities.
“The National Tutoring Program is significantly improving outcomes for youth nationwide.
We are eager to keep applying our years of knowledge and experience to this effort.
The initiative continues to be successful in regions like the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the West Midlands, according to the figures of today, which shows that it is benefiting some of the nation’s most disadvantaged youngsters.
According to data released earlier this year, elementary students have already made up around two thirds of the reading progress they missed due to the epidemic and about half of the arithmetic progress they lost.
Children and young people will continue to recover from the effects of the pandemic with the help of a £5 billion investment in education recovery.
This will guarantee that every child, regardless of where they live or what their abilities may be, will be helped to thrive.
The government’s Levelling Up mission for education, which aims to have 90% of primary school students meet the required standard in Key Stage 2 reading, writing, and math by 2030, will continue to be supported by it in a significant way.
Schools are urged to keep utilising the curriculum as a component of any summer programmes they are offering.