A briefing on the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), by youth charity Impetus, warns that a move to split the contract for running the scheme between three providers for the current academic year risks it failing to reach disadvantaged pupils.
During the first two years of the NTP, which launched in 2020, DfE passed funding on to delivery partners, initially the Education Endowment Foundation and TeachFirst, followed by Randstad.
However, under the new model, funding is passed to schools with the three delivery partners each responsible for a different area of the scheme.
Impetus warns that the aim of the NTP - to provide catch-up tutoring to all pupils in receipt of the pupil premium following the disruption to learning caused by the pandemic - already “risked being lost” due to a combination of ministerial upheaval and issues in the delivery of the scheme under Randstad which was heavily criticised over its failure to meet targets.
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