This publication contains statistics for the National Tutoring Programme for the 2023/24 Academic Year. The data covers England only.
You can find statistics for the National Tutoring Programme for the 2022/23 Academic Year here.
The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is a scheme that provides support for pupils and students most affected by disruption to their education as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The 2023/24 academic year is the fourth and final year of the NTP. In the 2023/24 academic year, the Department for Education (DfE) provided core funding for the NTP directly to schools to enable them to decide how best to provide tutoring for their pupils. There are 3 routes to providing tuition: academic mentors, tuition partners and school-led tutoring.
The December publication provides, for 2023/24:
- national, regional, local authority and school phase level estimates of the total number of starts made by pupils on NTP courses up to 5th October 2023.
- national, regional, local authority and school phase level estimates of the percentages of schools participating in the NTP up to 5th October 2023.
The publication also includes estimates for the total number of course starts made by pupils through the NTP since the programme began in November 2020.
Data relating to previous years of the NTP is available online, but comparisons against figures in previous releases should be treated with caution due to changes in data sources and methodology. In 2021/22, the Department for Education had three separate data collection mechanisms, one for each of the three NTP routes. In 2022/23, DfE simplified the process for collecting data relating to the NTP. This publication uses data captured as part of the Autumn 2023 school census. It does not capture information on NTP route. See methodology for more details
Data files are available in the ‘Explore Data and Files’ section on this page.
These statistics are Official Statistics in Development. They have been developed under the guidance of the Head of Profession for Statistics and published to involve users and stakeholders at an early stage in assessing their suitability and quality.
These have been produced as far as possible in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The Department continues to review the classification of these statistics.
Future National Tutoring Programme Statistics publications
Future releases of statistics for the National Tutoring Programme are planned in April and July 2024. These are planned to include:
• Updated national, regional, local authority and school phase level estimates of the total number of NTP course starts made by pupils within the 2023/24 academic year.
• Updated national, regional, local authority and school phase level estimates of the percentages of schools participating within the 2023/24 academic year.
• The publication of national, regional and school phase level estimates of the characteristics of pupils who received tutoring within the 2023/24 academic year.