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PM incorrectly claims 6 million pupils will benefit from tutoring

The prime minister has incorrectly claimed in Parliament that six million pupils will benefit from the government’s tutoring reforms....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Minister denies education recovery ‘catalogue of chaos’ (but claims she doesn’t know why catch-up tsar resigned)

The government’s education recovery programme is not a “catalogue of chaos”, a minister has insisted, as she claimed she...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

‘The stakes are high’: how a Dutch HR firm landed the flagship tutoring contract

Standing at the despatch box yesterday shadow education secretary Kate Green took her opposite number to task over the...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Online tutoring during school closures ‘feasible’, but digital divide a key barrier

Delivering online tutoring to disadvantaged pupils during partial school closures was feasible, but access to equipment presented a key...

James Carr
James Carr
News

£140m of tuition catch-up cash remains unspent

The government is unlikely to deliver on its promise to provide £350 million in tuition catch-up cash this year....

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Sixth forms cry foul over ‘unwelcome’ rule change restricting use of 16-19 tuition fund

A rule change which restricts the use of the 16 to 19 tuition fund for sixth forms and colleges...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

£1bn schools coronavirus ‘catch-up’ package revealed

The government will spend £1 billion on an education “catch-up plan”, with a large chunk of the cash going...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pressure mounts on ministers as study shows fifth of pupils do no schoolwork at home

Children not in school during the lockdown have been spending an average of 2.5 hours a day doing schoolwork,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

EEF: Weekly maths tutoring boosts progress by three months

Children receiving weekly maths tutoring make three months’ more progress than those without a tutor, according to new research...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson