National Tutoring Programme: A Guide for Teachers and Tutors

We have been following the announcements regarding the National Tutoring Programme from the Education Endowment Foundation, Sutton Trust, Impetus & Nesta.

Being part of the collective campaign to lobby for a £1Billion fund, we are now preparing to support the most disadvantaged pupils and the schools they attend. This massive programme will open up tutoring to a significantly large number of children who can benefit from tutoring come September 2020.

We are beginning our increased open recruitment of qualified teachers to prepare for the new academic year. As an organisation we have made an active choice to provide tutoring using qualified teachers which evidence shows  produces double the progress compared to unqualified or volunteer tutors. 

From September 2020 we are planning to deliver a mixture of:

• In-person one-to-one tuition

• Online one-to-one tuition

• Online small group tuition

September 2020 is the earliest we will receive National Tutoring Programme specific referrals/placements. We anticipate these to be for: 

• Literacy and numeracy at Key Stage 1 and 2

• A breadth of subjects with a core focus on English, Maths and Science at Key Stage 3, 4 and 5

• Transition programmes for Reception, Year 6 and Year 11

• SEND placements (both in person and online)

• Alternate Provision

Timeline:

• July 1st: Equal Education begins national recruitment campaign for qualified teachers to deliver a National Tutoring Service

• Jul 31st: Education Endowment Foundation publish an open call from which providers can apply to demonstrate quality, safeguarding and evaluation standards (Equal Education has been part of a conversation around this)

• Aug/Sep: Schools can begin to access heavily subsidised tutoring from the approved list of tuition partners