Tutoring

The NTP has been a nightmare – but its aims still matter 

After two years of changing the programme for the better from the inside, we will be going our own...

Samantha Booth
Tim Coulson
Tutoring

Tutoring providers suspended from flagship catch-up scheme

Heads say sudden suspension is 'perplexing'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

School-led tutoring ‘undermined’ NTP as much as Randstad ‘failures’, report claims

Charity which founded tutor scheme says ministers should ditch 6m courses target in favour of higher quality provision

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Tutoring

Schools can only use DfE-approved tutoring firms from September

Leaders wanting to spend school-led tutoring cash on external agencies must draw from government list

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

‘Significant issues’ in training reforms, school rebuilds and tutoring, say officials

Ten of 11 DfE major projects are now rated 'amber', with fears over delivering them on time and on...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Tutoring

DfE unveils new tutoring providers as it falls 11% short of target

Randstad replaced as data shows takeup more than 200,000 below target with just over a month left in the...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

Ofsted ‘won’t become tutor compliance police’

'Our handbook is not changing in any way,' says senior inspector

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

National Tutoring Programme review delayed until autumn

Independent evaluation to be published two years after launch

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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