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Teacher-led tutoring favoured by schools, Ofsted finds

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Tutoring sessions taught by qualified teachers tend to be of higher quality than sessions led by other tutors and are favoured by school leaders, a new report by Ofsted finds.
The programme is designed to help disadvantaged children catch up. Picture: AdobeStock/Monkey Business
The programme is designed to help disadvantaged children catch up. Picture: AdobeStock/Monkey Business

The research states that the best tutoring programmes are planned in accordance with existing curriculums and work with teachers to identify pupils who could benefit from the tuition.

In stronger schools, teachers used the curriculum to identify core knowledge that pupils had missed, or did not understand, and ensured they were covered in tutoring sessions, Ofsted's evaluation of tutoring in 63 schools and 21 further education providers.

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