Tutoring

Failure to focus on poorer pupils will widen gap, say tutoring providers

Letter urges education secretary to ensure the scheme’s 'core original focus' on disadvantaged children is not lost

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Randstad tutor routes still two-thirds off promised catch-up

New statistics suggests ministers still way off delivering promised two million tutor courses as pre-exams boom doesn't materialise

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Zahawi apologises for bank holiday tutor league tables announcement

But unions still concerned about new 'accountability measure'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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

‘Blame game’ as Zahawi moves to publish tutoring take-up

The government will name and shame schools over tutoring use and report data to Ofsted

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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

School tutoring ‘league tables’ will be published this autumn

School-level take-up data will also be shared with Ofsted as ministers seek to name and shame schools over take-up

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Ministers plan to publish school-level tutoring take-up – and Ofsted will check

Government wants to 'improve transparency' and boost take-up, but sector leaders fight the plans

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Nearly 50k tutors to be trained under new £18m National Tutoring Programme

More details on overhauled catch-up scheme revealed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth