Councils and universities can apply for government funding to provide Covidcatch-up tutoring, according to new details revealed today.
The new , published this morning, states that organisations wishing to become the “Tuition Partners”providingthe tutors offered through schools,must be capable ofdelivering atutoring programme, including training for tutors and quality control.
These organisations couldrange from established tutoring companies to local authorities, charities and universities -butshould not be agencies “who only match tutors with pupils”, the website states.
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They can bidfor the Department for Education funding fromthe end of August, and successfulproviders will offertutoring to schools from 1 November.
Theorganisations will bid to provide “sustained blocks of tutoring” to individual pupils agedfive to 16 in any subject, “but with an expected focus on English, maths and science”.
All providers wishing to take part must meet four eligibility criteria, including experience working with schools.
The timeline for applications is as follows:
- 31August- Funding round for Tuition Partners opens.
- 18September- Funding round closes.
- 31October- List of approved Tuition Partners is announced.
The website states:“Tuition Partners might be existing tutoring providers that have experience of working with schools or other organisations, such as charities, local authorities or universities who are able to design anew programme to meet theNTPstandards.
“We expect Tuition Partners to be organisations who can deliver atutoring programme (consisting of training for tutors, central monitoring of quality and systems to communicate with schools) rather than tutoring agencies who only match tutors with pupils.”
