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National Tutoring Programme head defends ‘ambitious’ targets

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The National Tutoring Programme's (NTP) director has defended the scheme’s ability to reach two million vulnerable children this academic year despite figures revealing it has hit just 15 per cent of its goal.
Karen Guthrie is programme director for the National Tutoring Programme. Picture: Parliament TV
Karen Guthrie is programme director for the National Tutoring Programme. Picture: Parliament TV

Karen Guthrie, programme director at Randstad which is contracted to run the government’s flagship tutoring scheme, defended the NTP to MPs, saying its “ambitious” targets will help the programme reach its aim of helping the most “disadvantaged” children.

Guthrie’s comments were made to the education select committee after government figures revealed the programme has so-delivered just 302,000 courses out of its promised two million courses.

Guthrie told the committee: “We are under no illusion that there is still work to do,” and “it is 100 per cent correct that we have ambitious targets”.

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