Tutoring

National Tutoring Programme: Almost 1 in 5 enrolled pupils haven’t started tuition

Almost one in five pupils enrolled in the first year of the government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme are still...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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£10m maths and English catch-up scheme announced

The Department for Education has announced a £10 million maths and English catch-up scheme. The department says specialist training...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Where is £3.1bn catch-up cash coming from, MPs ask DfE

MPs have demanded ministers provide answers regarding the £3.1 billion in catch-up funding after the government’s own sums appeared...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Johnson claims catch-up tsar’s evidence for a longer school day ‘not as good as it could have been’

Evidence put forward as part of proposals to extend the school day “was not as good as it could...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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DfE: Schools may need to change curriculum ‘substantially’ to help kids catch-up

Schools may need to modify their curriculum “substantially” as part of their efforts to help children catch-up following lockdown...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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The £579m school-led tutoring fund: what you need to know

The Department for Education has publicised more details on how much schools will receive for school-led tutoring next year....

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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DfE contradicts its own minister’s claims on tutoring scheme scale

The Department for Education has contradicted its own education secretary’s claim that six million pupils will benefit from the...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Randstad’s tutoring contract worth £37m less than total offered by DfE

Dutch outsourcing giant Randstad will take over the National Tutoring Programme for tens of millions of pounds less than...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Sir Kevan Collins resigns as government education recovery tsar

The government’s education recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins has offered his resignation after ministers allocated just £1.4 billion in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker