We expanded our tuition programmes into West Yorkshire* in 2015, our second major city region, establishing several partnerships with schools in Leeds. We had the full support of the City Council and the University of Leeds and are proud to be an ambassador for Child Friendly Leeds. 

With support from the University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University and Leeds Trinity University we recruited, and continue to recruit, keen and inspiring students to train as tutors to support young learners in the area.

As our reach grew, we developed collaborative partnerships with new schools throughout Leeds. In August 2021, we set up a second West Yorkshire base in the city of Bradford, the sixth largest city in England and one of the most diverse. Bradford is also Britain’s youngest city in terms of the size of its school-age population. 

Thanks to support from the University of Bradford and generous funding from the Morrisons Foundation, which is headquartered in Bradford, we were up and running in the city in time for the academic year 2021-2022.  

One of the Morrisons Foundation trustees, Guy Mason, commented at the time: 

“We are delighted to partner with Tutor Trust, who have an impressive track record of transforming young lives through tutoring. This donation promises to deliver a positive impact on pupils across the city in core subject areas. We're confident it will prove to have long-lasting benefits across Bradford."

We also had support from Anne-Marie Canning MBE, Independent Chair of the Opportunity Area Board, the OA team, the Leader and Chief Executive of Bradford City Council, Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe and Kersten England respectively, and Louise Banahene MBE, Head of Educational Engagement at the University of Leeds and now a member of our Board of Trustees.

In the latest full academic year, 2022/2023, our amazing tutors supported almost 1,200 young people in 37 schools across Leeds, Bradford and other areas of West Yorkshire.

One of the schools we partnered with was Allerton Bywater Primary School, where we worked alongside pupils in Year 5 and Year 6 (ahead of their SATs exams) to tutor Maths.

By the time of their SATs exams, the Year 6 pupils at Allerton Bywater had made an average of 13 percentage points of progress, with one child making a huge 21pp. Attendance at tuition sessions was 93%.

Josh Asquith, Deputy Head, said of our tutor Justine: “Justine was incredible – she has a sound knowledge of the curriculum, a fantastic rapport with our children and worked brilliantly as part of our wider team.”

Find out more about the benefits of tuition in our latest Impact Report. You can also read our real-life stories from schools we have worked with across the North.

If your school is interested in a partnership with Tutor Trust, please contact Sharon Sadler, our School Partnerships Manager for West Yorkshire: [email protected].

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*Our West Yorkshire team was formerly known as the Leeds-Bradford team. The name was updated in September 2023 to better reflect the wider geographic area covered by the team’s tutors.