A new custodian of the flagship National Tutoring Programme has admitted it needs to win headteachers’ “hearts and minds” to revive its fortunes.
The beleaguered HR firm Randstad was axed from running the programme (NTP) last year after continual problems led to ministers handing £349 million for tutors directly to schools.
Three new contractors will run the scheme this year, including recruiting, training and quality assurance tutoring over the next two years.
But tutors are already warning of a “very real danger” money for the scheme will be pulled as soaring costs stretch school budgets.
