Bemused heads who say they’ve used all their tutoring cash have demanded answers, after being told they could end up having money clawed back.
It comes as some tutoring providers warn they are having to fundraise so they can afford to give cash-strapped schools a discount just to keep them providing catch-up under the National Tutoring Programme.
Schools started to receive letters from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) this week confirming whether any of the ring-fenced, school-led tutoring grant would be recovered.
Schools had to fill in a year-end statement detailing their total spend and completed tutoring hours. Any unspent cash will be clawed back by the Treasury. Initial estimates suggested this could be more than £100 million, former schools minister Jonathan Gullis said.
