The Department said there were a range of different reasons for why schools chose to engage with tutoring; some would be about their view of the value of tutoring and some would be about the process of engaging people to do tutoring. It told us that it was seeking to reduce the number of schools that had not engaged with the National Tutoring Programme and was putting a good deal of resource into persuading those schools of the benefits of tutoring, through contacting them directly and throug...

The Department said there were a range of different reasons for why schools chose to engage with tutoring; some would be about their view of the value of tutoring and some would be about the process of engaging people to do tutoring. It told us that it was seeking to reduce the number of schools that had not engaged with the National Tutoring Programme and was putting a good deal of resource into persuading those schools of the benefits of tutoring, through contacting them directly and through identifying what had worked well.41 Type: conclusion | Number: 20 | Response status: accepted Government response: 3.1 The government agrees with Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: August 2024 3.2 The government is committed to narrowing the attainment gap and improving outcomes for the most disadvantaged in society. 3.3 Informed by evaluation of the first two years of the scheme, on 31 Marc