A 50 per cent reduction in funding for the government’s national tutoring programme (NTP) could widen the attainment gap between students from disadvantaged families and their peers, the Sutton Trust has warned.
A new report from the organisation warns politicians that the attainment gap has “widened considerably” since the pandemic and poses a threat to social cohesion and student wellbeing.
A key factor behind the attainment gap is the access middle class pupils have to private tutoring, the Sutton Trust says.
More than 39 per cent of secondary school pupils from wealthier families had received some form of private tutoring whilst in education, states the report.
