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Flagship tutor scheme ‘scandalously’ short of targets – with just 8% of mentoring provided

Official figures reveal flagging take-up of approved tuition, as schools choose to go their own way

Charities contemplate challenging Randstad for NTP contract

Tutor Trust CEO says Zahawi should ‘look seriously’ at whether to use break clause

DfE widens eligibility criteria for academic mentors scheme

All schools with more than 30% of pupils on pupil premium can access the programme

Tutoring stand-off set to end as providers sign contracts

Three week contract dispute with Randstad comes to a close

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 locked in a contract stand-off with the new contractor running the scheme. Schools are today able to sign up for year two of the National Tutoring Programme, with 29 approved providers revealed in a low-key announcement. […]

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 staff “without compensation”, the Tutors’ Association has warned. Nine leading tutoring organisations are still to sign up to the government’s flagship NTP scheme – a week after it launched – as a contract dispute drags on. […]

Flagship National Tutoring Programme likely to miss its schools target

The government’s flagship tutoring programme is likely to miss its target of reaching 6,000 schools – revealing the scale of the challenge to ramp up the scheme next year. Figures obtained by Schools Week show just a quarter of state schools have used the National Tutoring Programme (NTP). The figure dips to one in five […]

Gavin Williamson ignores pleas to correct his tutoring scale claims

Labour will accuse Gavin Williamson of breaching the ministerial code if he does not correct his “error” over the scale of the tutoring programme. Williamson has refused to correct his claim last week that the government’s flagship tutoring programme would reach “six million pupils”. The department confirmed to Schools Week the pledge was for “six […]

Randstad to pay Teach First for tutoring advice

Teach First is to be paid by Randstad, the new national tutoring provider, for advice on how best to support schools serving disadvantaged communities as part of a government agreement. Schools Week can also reveal that Liverpool Hope University is expected to provide the training for the academic mentors arm of the National Tutoring Programme […]