Last month, the Department for Education also pledged an extra £700m for primary and secondary schools to provide group tutoring and activities for disadvantaged pupils.
Unfortunately, in March, the National Audit Office found that less than half of children to receive support through the National Tutoring Programme were from disadvantaged backgrounds, defined as someone in receipt of the pupil premium funding. In addition, analysis suggests the recent DfE decision to change the way the pupil premium is calculated in 2021/22, will undo the gains provided by the £700m “recovery premium”. According to the NAHT union, the £6,000 average funding allocated to primary schools under the scheme will be wiped out for two thirds of schools due to the changes.
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