Two in five academy trusts plan to shun the government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme this year as confidence in finances plummets amid soaring costs, a survey suggests.
The Confederation of School Trusts annual survey of leaders found just 58 per cent expected to use some or all of their government-subsidised tutoring provision this year, down from 75 per cent last year.
It comes after the Department for Education subsidy was slashed, leaving schools and trusts to find half of the money themselves.
“The main difference is that now trusts do not expect to be able to match the funding, with rule changes meaning trusts are now expected to fund a larger proportion of costs themselves,” CST warned.
