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Tutoring Plus

Our Tutoring Plus offer consists of a range of tailored programmes that combine academic support with a focus on the whole child. Tutoring Plus programmes are open to all and most commonly used to support cared for children, those attending alternative provision and those persistently absent from school. 

Tutoring with a difference

We know that some young people benefit from a holistic approach. This is particularly the case for those who may face additional challenges, whether it's attending alternative provision, involvement with the social care system, poor physical or mental health, or low attendance at school. 

Our suite of Tutoring Plus programmes combine academic support with other provision to boost confidence, life skills, or social and emotional wellbeing. These young people already face more challenges than their classmates, including having more complex needs and learning gaps due to missing school.

We have partnered with ImpactEd to evaluate the impact of our Tutoring Plus programmes on young people's attainment, confidence and wellbeing. Which can lead into evaluation highlights.

 

Tutoring has helped me in many different ways. There is the most obvious ways like teaching me things I have had difficulty learning in the past or even recently. Every session I have been able to count on my tutor to come...I have made a special bond with my tutor."
Young person receiving tutoring through Tutoring Plus

Understanding the impact

In July 2020 we were awarded the Fair Education Alliance Scaling Award for our partnership with The Right Angle. This is a prestigious national award, and we were one of only seven winners in the country. This award supported us to grow the programme, understand our impact and reach many more of the most vulnerable young people that we strive to support. As part of the Scaling Award, we have worked with ImpactEd to understand the impact of this programme on young people's attainment and wellbeing, particularly seeking to understand the interrelation between tutoring and counselling.

An initial report was published in 2021 and you can download this here. It showed the project had a positive effect on those who face some of the biggest barriers to education.

The report makes four key findings:

  • Key Finding 1: English and mathematics GCSE working-at grades and internal assessment scores were higher following the programme;
  • Key Finding 2: The relationship between the number of tutoring sessions attended and the academic progress made was unclear due to the limited data available;
  • Key Finding 3: Participants showed a significant increase in their emotional wellbeing;
  • Key Finding 4: Those who completed counselling made significantly greater progress in English than those who did not.

The pupils themselves report feeling more resilient and say that they feel more confident in other areas of their lives as well.

Further evidence of Tutoring Plus' Impact

We continually measure our work with pupils and partners to find innovative and empirical ways to evidence our impact. If you want to read more and see the breadth of our approach, please download some additional reports below. Alternatively, please contact us to start a discussion:
TLC/Right Angle Partnership - Full Report 2021 (7.35 MB)
ImpactEd/Right Angle Partnership - Final Report 2024 (1.37 MB)
Tutoring Plus Impact Report 2024/25 (4.72 MB)
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Refer a young person

Do you want to know more about how Tutoring Plus programmes could support young people in your school? Or do you work with a young person aged 11-16 in Greater Manchester who is either a Looked After Child (or attends Alternative Provision) that you think would benefit from a structured programme of both 1:1 tutoring and counselling? If so, please contact me to make a referral. I'd love to talk to you.

Penny Mitchell - Tutoring Plus

More on our Tutoring Plus programmes

For those wanting 1:1 academic support for pupils, particularly those who may have substantial learning gaps from having missed school, we offer 1:1 programmes with our trained Tutoring Plus tutors. 1:1 Tutoring Plus tutoring is available to pupils in primary and secondary school across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Tees Valley and West Yorkshire. We also work with some young people post-16, particularly those resitting GCSE exams.

In addition to this, we offer some more tailored programmes that combine academic support with a focus on emotional support, mentoring or life skills. Read on to find out more about the options available.
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Tutoring Plus Programmes

For years Tutor Trust has collaborated with award-winning organisations like the Prince's Trust (now the King's Trust). We provide a variety of options for academic and emotional wellbeing support, focusing on each pupil as an individual.'