Tutoring

Schools told to consider ‘pupil swapping’ in scramble to hit tutoring target

DfE also urges leaders to extend length of tutor sessions and run more than one per week

James Carr
James Carr
Tutoring

DfE boss: Tutoring league tables ‘not a stick to beat schools with’

Susan Acland-Hood also reveals ongoing discussions about Randstad's contract, which ends this summer

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Zahawi accused of breaking own wellbeing pledge with tutoring letter

Heads' unions say bank holiday memo also contravenes the DfE's own workload commitments

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Tutoring stand-off set to end as providers sign contracts

Three week contract dispute with Randstad comes to a close

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Leading tutor providers missing from NTP over contract dispute

Leading tutoring organisations have not yet been approved to continue in the government’s flagship tutor programme because they are...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Tutoring

NTP row: Randstad can ‘confiscate a tuition business at will’

National Tutoring Programme contracts could allow new lead provider Randstad to remove its partners and take their business and...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Only two of DfE’s 11 major projects ‘likely’ to achieve aims on time and budget

Only two of the Department for Education’s 11 major projects are considered “likely” to achieve their aims and come...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Schools face cap on tutoring places as officials admit funding only covers 250,000 pupils

Schools may face caps on the number of pupils they can put forward for the National Tutoring Programme (NTP)...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter