The National Tutoring Programme’s failure to focus on poorer children will widen the attainment gap, the government’s own tuition providers have warned.
Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi told the Sunday Express he was “determined” that tutoring “has to be available for everyone”.
But seven providers under the NTP have written to him urging him to ensure the scheme’s “core original focus” on disadvantaged children is not lost.
Schools Week revealed in March that providers no longer had to ensure their catch-up reaches at least two-thirds of poorer pupils.
