Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 22
22
Department progressively reduces National Tutoring Programme subsidy, shifting funding responsibility to schools.
Conclusion
The Department provided funding of £594 million for the National Tutoring Programme taking 2020/21 and 2021/22 together, and plans to provide a further £527 million in the following two years.45 It is progressively reducing the rate of subsidy it provides for tutoring, from 75% in 2020/21 to 25% in 2023/24, so schools are having to cover a growing proportion of the costs from other sources, such as pupil premium funding. After 2023/24, schools will have to cover the full cost of tutoring themselves.46
Government Response
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