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Subsidised tuition - your NTP questions answered

We answer some key questions about setting up tuition with Tutor Trust, how we partner with you, and how you can use the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) subsidies to reduce costs further.

To register your interest in tuition, please complete the short form on one of the links below:

Register interest for Primary school tuition

Register interest for Secondary school tuition

What is the turnaround time for requests?

Tutor Trust responds to all initial requests within one working day, and aim to work as quickly as possible to find the right tutors for your school.

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We aim to get tutoring set up as quickly as possible. We respond to all initial requests within one working day and will arrange a call to discuss your requirements. Once we know your requirements, we will immediately work to source the right tutors for your school. 

The exact amount of time this will take depends on the location of your school, the number of tutors you require, the tuition/school timetable and whether sessions will take place online or face-to-face.

Please register your interest through the short form below and the relevant team will be in touch!

Register interest for primary tutoring

Register interest for secondary tutoring

Published: 26th August, 2021

Updated: 6th February, 2023

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Can schools use catch-up funding (‘Recovery Premium’) and Pupil Premium funds to pay their contribution to the tuition costs?

Schools can use their Pupil Premium budget to pay the school's 40% contribution to tutoring costs.

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Schools can use their Pupil Premium budget to cover these costs. 

Published: 26th August, 2021

Updated: 6th February, 2023

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How much does tuition cost in 2022/2023?

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From 1st September 2022, using the NTP subsidies for tutoring on a 1:3 ratio, a block of 15 hours of tutoring in either Maths, English or Science will cost schools just £108 per pupil for the full programme.  

As a charity, Tutor Trust has always charged a low cost to schools for our services.  Using the NTP subsidies means the costs for schools are even lower. Schools can use their Pupil Premium budget to cover their contributions to tuition costs, or to fund additional tuition over the level of the NTP subsidies they receive.

Under the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), the DfE gives mainstream schools £162 per Pupil Premium-eligible pupil. We charge £54 per hour of tuition delivered (£18 per hour per pupil if there are three pupils in the group).  The NTP subsidy covers 60% of the cost, up to a maximum of £10.80 per pupil per hour.  For example, for 15 hours of tuition for 15 pupils in groups of three, we will charge the school £4,050, which costs the school only £1,620 after using the NTP subsidy.

What does this mean in practice?

We deliver most tutoring in small groups, with one tutor working with three pupils at a time (whether face-to-face or online).  This 1:3 ratio is the most cost-effective model for schools.

Below are the full details of the costs for mainstream schools:    

 

 

What schools will be invoiced

Cost to school after using 60% NTP subsidy

Secondary School Block of Tutoring (15 pupils for 15 hours in one subject)

1:3

£4,050

£1,620

(£108 per pupil)

 

1:2 (14 pupils)

£5,670

£3,402

(£243 per pupil) 1

 

1:1 (per pupil)

£810

£648 per pupil 1

Primary School Block of Tutoring (12 pupils for 15 hours in one subject)

1:3

£3,240

£1,296

(£108 per pupil)

 

1:2

£4,860

£2,916

(£243 per pupil) 1

 

1:1 (per pupil)

£810

£648 per pupil 1

1 The funding is capped at £10.80 per hour per pupil in a mainstream school. As the tuition cost is £54 per hour, on a 1:1 and 1:2 basis the 60% subsidy does not apply to the full cost with only the first £18 per hour per pupil being subsidised.

Published: 26th August, 2021

Updated: 11th November, 2022

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Is it the same price for online and face-to-face?

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Yes.  Online tutoring is the same price as face-to-face and has the same subsidies as face-to-face.

Please note that face-to-face tutoring is strongly encouraged as the evidence shows it is far more effective than online.

Please speak to a School Coordinator if you are considering online tuition.  To proceed with online tuition, firewall exceptions will need to be arranged and our platform ‘Vedamo’ will need to be whitelisted. Furthermore, students will need access to laptops and headphones, etc.

Published: 26th August, 2021

Updated: 2nd September, 2022

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Can pupils who had NTP tutoring in 2021/22 have the subsidised tutoring again in the 2022/23 school year?

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Yes. Pupils who had NTP tutoring in the previous 2021/22 school year can have NTP tutoring again in 2022/23. 

Published: 26th August, 2021

Updated: 2nd September, 2022

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How do I register my school’s interest in working with Tutor Trust?

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We urge schools to complete a short form if they are interested in using our tutors.  This form will take just three minutes to complete.  

As soon as we receive your completed form, a member of staff from the Tutor Trust office in your city will be in touch with you within one working day to have a conversation with you about your school's tuition needs.

There is a separate form for Secondary and for Primary and the links to the forms are below.  Please also use these forms for tutoring for Cared for Children and those in Alternative Provision. 

Register interest for Primary School

Register interest for Secondary School

Published: 2nd November, 2020

Updated: 2nd September, 2022

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How does tuition work?

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We have been partnering with schools since 2012 to deliver high quality tuition and boost outcomes for pupils; we make it as easy as possible for schools to run successful tutoring programmes and we have a number of resources to help schools.

Please see the School FAQs for any questions about our tuition programmes.  

Published: 26th August, 2021

Updated: 2nd September, 2022

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My school has pupils who definitely need some tutoring but the percentage of them who are ‘disadvantaged’ (e.g. Pupil Premium) is quite low; is this a problem?

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It might be, yet we will try to be flexible.  In line with our goals as a charity, we request that 75% of the cohort either receive Pupil Premium, are Cared for Children, or are in Alternative Provision or at risk of exclusion. We can be more flexible with this requirement for schools primarily serving low-income communities.

We respect the fact that teachers in school are best placed to decide which pupils both need tutoring AND will engage positively with our tutors.  We know that the impact of the pandemic means that some pupils who don’t ‘tick a particular disadvantage box’ still really need a tutor.

Please talk to us about which pupils you want to have a tutor and we’ll take it from there.

Published: 26th August, 2021

Updated: 2nd September, 2022

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Is there a maximum number of tutors or blocks?

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No. There is no limit to the number of blocks a school can request in total, as we expect some schools will want to book blocks of tutoring for different year groups and different subjects.

However, we anticipate that demand will outstrip our supply of tutors and we will allocate our resources on a first come, first served basis.

Published: 26th August, 2021

Updated: 2nd September, 2022

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