The government’s flagship tutoring programme has failed so far to create a “sustainable” tutoring market – despite promises from ministers to make such support a “permanent feature” of the education system.
The National Foundation for Education Research say school leaders have “significant concerns” about sourcing suitable tutors, after surveying over 400 staff in March.
It indicates the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) “has not yet facilitated the creation of a sustainable tutoring market” as originally intended when it launched during the pandemic.
It will “likely hinder schools’ ability to use tutoring as a tool” for supporting poorer pupils in the long-term, NFER adds.
