Guidance

School-led tutoring grant 2021 to 2022

How schools and academy trusts should plan and deliver the national tutoring programme's school-led tutoring to help pupils catch up on missed learning.

From:
Department for Education
Published
2 September 2021
Last updated
11 November 2022 — See all updates

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This school-led tutoring guidance was for the academic year 2021 to 2022 and is available for schools and LAs to check the policy related to that year. This guidance has now been replaced by National Tutoring Programme: guidance for schools 2022 to 2023

Documents

[WITHDRAWN] School-led tutoring

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[WITHDRAWN] School-led tutoring for looked-after children: guidance for local authorities and virtual school heads

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[WITHDRAWN] School-led tutoring: guidance for local authorities and independent special schools

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Details

This guidance is for:

  • school and academy trust leaders
  • school and academy trust staff
  • governing bodies

It applies to state-funded schools and academy trusts with pupils eligible for pupil premium.

It covers school-led tutoring:

  • eligibility
  • planning and organising tutoring (including how to support pupils and select tutors)
  • quality assurance
  • funding
  • accountability

Eligible state-funded schools and academy trusts will receive a ring-fenced grant to source their own tutoring provision for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.

Further guidance is available in the conditions of grant.

School-led tutoring is 1 of 3 subsidised tutoring options that are available through the national tutoring programme. The national tutoring programme supports disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils from year 1 to 11 to catch up on missed education due to COVID-19.

Updates to this page

Published 2 September 2021
Last updated 11 November 2022 + show all updates

  1. Updated 'School-led tutoring: guidance for local authorities and independent special schools' with the new deadline of Friday 9 September 2022 to report the receipt and transfer of funds.

  2. Updated 'School-led tutoring for looked-after children: guidance for local authorities and virtual school heads' with information about increased May 2022 allocations, optional summer provision and year-end statement deadlines.

  3. Updated the 'School-led tutoring' guidance to clarify that additional funding is for schools to deliver tuition within the 2021 to 2022 academic year.

  4. Added 'School-led tutoring: guidance for local authorities and independent special schools'.

  5. Updated the 'School-led tutoring guidance' document.

  6. Added 'School-led tutoring for looked after children: guidance for local authorities and virtual school heads'.

  7. Amended to reflect up to date policy on accountability and recovering overpayments, and delivery of training.

  8. First published.

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