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Catch-up tutoring scheme bound for failure without reforms, experts warn

2 mins read Education Coronavirus
The government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is at risk of failing thousands of children who have fallen behind at school if reforms are not implemented, according to a new report.
Impetus wants to create an NTP that is 'transformational rather than transactional'. Picture: Adobe Stock
Impetus wants to create an NTP that is 'transformational rather than transactional'. Picture: Adobe Stock

Youth charity Impetus, a founding partner of the NTP, has published a set of reforms for the new tuition partner’s contractor, Tribal Group, and the Department for Education. 

The “tweaks” are relatively low cost, both financially and politically, the report states, but they have the potential to make a difference by creating an NTP that is “transformational rather than transactional”. 

NTP has received widespread criticism over its failure to reach its two-year target of delivering support to two million children whose education has been affected by the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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