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Recommendation 10
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The Department must commit to publishing statistics on a half-termly basis on the number of...
Conclusion
The Department must commit to publishing statistics on a half-termly basis on the number of starts under the National Tutoring Programme with a greater degree of granularity. This must include information on the proportion of children accessing the programme on a regional basis, and the data should be published in a way that has regard to disadvantage and special educational needs. This information should also be broken down for each tutoring provider. If the National Tutoring Programme fails to meet its targets for the number of pupils receiving tuition, and the proportion of these who are disadvantaged, by Spring, the Department should terminate its contract with Randstad and re-run the tendering process.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
46. We began publication of half-termly data from March 2022. This includes data on participation by local authority, region and school. Data on pupil characteristics such as disadvantage and special educational needs will be published on an annual basis. The Secretary of State wrote to all schools in early May promoting the programme. In his letter he indicated he is planning to publish data in the autumn term on each school’s tutoring delivery, alongside the funding allocations and numbers of pupils eligible for the pupil premium who have received tutoring. 47. We announced our plans for the NTP next year on 31 March 2022. These involve allocating all tutoring funding directly to schools, which will give them the freedom and flexibility to develop a tutoring offer that works best for their pupils. Alongside we will be procuring for one or more delivery partners, who will focus on quality assurance of tutoring organizations, recruitment and deployment of academic mentors and providing training for new tutors. 48. These changes will require our delivery partners to support schools to make best use of the NTP funding they have received, rather than acting as an intermediary between tutoring organisations and schools. This is a substantially different ask of our delivery partners, it is right therefore to reprocure, which means that we will not be extending Randstad’s contract beyond its initial term, which expires on 31 August 2022.