CYP Now - Government unveils £350m tuition plan to help disadvantaged pupils catch up

Up to two million of the most disadvantaged schoolchildren in England will be able to access high-quality tuition as part of a plan to help pupils catch up on lost learning following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government plan will pay for the most disadvantaged children to receive additional tutoring to help them catch up at school

The National Tutoring Programme will offer disadvantaged pupils tuition worth £350m during the 2020/21 academic year as part of a £1 billion “catch up” package of support announced by the government today.

The Department for Education said the tutoring programme will help accelerate pupils’ academic progress and help prevent the attainment gap between disadvantaged and affluent children widening further.

Earlier this month, a report by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) warned that many disadvantaged children were doing little if no education while schools were closed to most pupils during lockdown and that the loss of learning could wipe out gains made over the past decade in narrowing the attainment gap.

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