Since 2021, EDT has delivered training as part of the Department for Education (DfE)’s National Tutoring Programme (NTP), which supports schools in England with funding for academic support delivered by trained and experienced tutors and academic mentors. We are delighted to share the positive impact of the NTP, and tutoring in general, in ImpactEd’s latest Annual Evaluation Report for the academic year 2022/23.
Our pedagogical training helps ensure that all school-led tutors and academic mentors employed by schools have the right skills and knowledge to provide high-quality tuition to their pupils, and that schools understand how to embed tutoring effectively within their own contexts.
In the evaluation report, commissioned by EDT, ImpactEd explores the evidence around the impact of school-led tutoring and academic mentoring in the 2022/23 academic year and what tutoring best practice looks like.
The report shows that the NTP had a positive impact on:
- Disadvantaged pupils: The average attainment in maths increased more for secondary pupils with pupil premium eligibility in the participating group compared to their comparison group counterparts. Receiving tutoring also helped to protect secondary pupils with pupil premium eligibility from getting lower grades at endline assessment, and helped pupils without pupil premium eligibility to improve their GCSE English grades.
- Attendance: Pupils who received tutoring had higher attendance rates than their comparison groups. This was true across phase, pupil premium, and EAL status.
- Progress: Tutoring sessions had a positive impact on pupil attainment in English and maths at both primary and secondary level. For example, the proportion of primary pupils working at, or above, expected standard increased from 18.4% at baseline to 61.2% at endline in maths, and from 5.8% to 48.2% in English.
