NAHT comments on NFER report into the National Tutoring Programme

Commenting on a new report released today (Weds 21 June) by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), including school leader survey data on the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), James Bowen, assistant general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said:

“This reflects what our members tell us: that tutoring can have a positive impact, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. But school leaders remain very concerned about falling subsidy levels and question whether the government is committed to the programme in the longer term. School budgets are incredibly tight, some are at breaking point, and that makes finding the additional money required to run the programme extremely challenging for many. As this report shows, the vast majority of schools dropping out of the NTP do so for financial reasons. If the government are serious about making this work, they need to signal that they will invest in tutoring properly and for the long term.”