The NTP has seen limited success, with take-up rates reportedly far below targets.
Many of our Catch22 schools struggled to find face-to-face tutors through the programme’s providers.
Indeed, figures from the DfE indicate that most schools taking up the NTP chose the school-led tutoring route, sourcing their own tutors through external providers or existing teachers.
For the 2022-23 academic year there will be a relaxation in the qualifications required to deliver this tuition, alongside changes in the programme’s delivery contractors and the way schools can manage their funding. Many people could see this as an underhand way for the government to deliver more catch-up lessons of poorer quality in an effort to fill quotas. This concern is validated; disadvantaged students receiving support of a high standard should always be our priority.
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