Academic year 2022/23

National Tutoring Programme

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• Published: 27 July 2023
• Last updated: 16 May 2024
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  1. 16 May 2024

     Updated to publish final year-end statistics and to correct the calculation of courses started for the in-year statistics. This publication was delayed from the original announced date of 18th April 2024 to allow sufficient time for quality assurance of the statistics alongside data for final NTP allocations to schools for 2022/23AY published by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).

  2. 16 January 2024

     Corrected to reinstate the file for in-year data for 2022/23 Academic Year as originally published on 27 July 2023.

  3. 14 December 2023

     Publication updated to include information on the delivery of tutoring for the complete 2022/23 academic year and updated data on pupil characteristics based on the summer School Census (as of 18th May).

  4. 27 July 2023

     Updated data on number of courses started, school participation from summer school census and pupil characteristics from spring school census.

  5. 20 April 2023

     Updated data on number of courses started, school participation and pupil characteristics.

  6. 15 December 2022

     Corrected release ordering

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This publication contains statistics for the delivery of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) by schools in England during the 2022/23 Academic Year, including estimates for the:

• number of tutoring courses, hours of tutoring and the number of pupils receiving tutoring.
• percentage of schools who participated in the National Tutoring Programme for the 2022/23 academic year.
• characteristics of pupils who received tutoring during the 2022/23 academic year up to 18th May 2023.

Provisional data for the year-end statistics for 2022/23 were originally published in December 2023. In May 2024, the Department for Education has published final year-end statistics for 2022/23 to incorporate revisions to Year End Statements provided by schools up to 29 February 2024. The provisional and final year end data can be accessed by selecting download all data. Data for other academic years can be accessed by viewing other releases in this series. 

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About the National Tutoring Programme

The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is a scheme that provides state-funded primary and secondary schools in England with funding to spend on targeted academic support through one-to-one or small group tuition. 

It aims to support those pupils most affected by disruption to their education as a result of the coronavirus (COVID- 19) pandemic, in particular to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.

In the 2022/23 academic year there were 3 routes for schools to provide subsidised tuition through the National Tutoring Programme:

• academic mentors – full-time, in-house staff members employed to provide intensive support to pupils who need it.
• tuition partners – tutors recruited by external tutoring organisations quality-assured by DfE.
• school-led tutoring – members of a school’s own personnel, either currently employed or specifically engaged for this purpose, including retired, returning or supply teachers, support staff, and others.

In 2022/23, the funding provided through the National Tutoring Programme was intended to subsidise up to 60% of the cost of tuition with schools covering the rest of the cost through other budgets.

Funding allocations are calculated based on the number of pupils eligible for pupil premium. The Education and Skills Funding Agency publishes the allocation of funding for schools and local authorities for the 2022/23 academic year (opens in a new tab).

Further information is available in the guidance for schools 2022 to 2023 (opens in a new tab) document.

About this statistics publication

This publication contains statistics for the delivery of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) by schools in England during the 2022/23 Academic Year, including estimates for the:

• number of tutoring courses, hours of tutoring and the number of pupils receiving tutoring.
• percentage of schools who participated in the National Tutoring Programme for the 2022/23 academic year.
• characteristics of pupils who received tutoring during the 2022/23 academic year up to 18th May 2023.

Provisional data for the end-year statistics for 2022/23 were originally published in December 2023. In May 2024, the Department for Education has published final year-end statistics for 2022/23 to incorporate revisions to Year End Statements provided by schools up to 29 February 2024. Data for other academic years can be accessed by viewing other releases in this series. 

In the 2022/23 academic year, DfE simplified its process for collecting data from schools about the NTP by collecting data through the School Census and Year End Statement only. Previously, for in-year statistics during 2021/22, there were three separate data collection mechanisms for each of the three NTP routes (academic mentors, tuition partners, school-led tutoring), which should be taken account of  if drawing comparison across academic years.

In this release, data for the 2022/23 academic year as a whole is based on schools’ responses to the Year End Statement. Estimates of the delivery of tutoring at points within the academic year – including information on the characteristics of pupils that receive tutoring through the NTP – are based on data collected through the School Census in Autumn 2022 (6th October 2022), Spring 2023 (19th January 2023), and Summer 2023 (18th May 2023).

Further information is provided in the methodology page accompanying this release.  

The May 2024 publication corrects an issue which meant that the number of hours for outliers were not adjusted in line with the methodology. This affected the calculation of the number of tutoring courses started within the academic year. The data has now been corrected. As a result, the estimated number of courses started within the academic year as of the Autumn, Spring and Summer School Census in 2022/23 and the Autumn School Census in 2023/24 have been revised downwards. Other variables and year-end statistics for 2022/23 are not affected.

Tutoring Courses Delivered to Pupils

DfE estimates that 2,142,822 tutoring courses have been delivered to pupils through the National Tutoring Programme in the 2022 to 2023 academic year. 

In total, DfE estimates that 4,668,925 courses were delivered to pupils through the National Tutoring Programme, across the 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years.

As context, the NTP guidance to schools for 2022/23 advises that tutoring courses should be 12 to 15 hours long to have a meaningful impact. 

The number of courses delivered to pupils is not reported by schools. The estimated number of courses in this section is based on the number of hours of tutoring delivered and the number of pupils who received tutoring. Course length may vary and individual pupils may undertake more than one course. See methodology for more details.

Estimates of NTP courses delivered to pupils in each region is provided in the table below. Estimates by local authority can be found via the Explore Data functionality or downloaded.

When looking at the number of courses delivered by school phase, the table below shows that primary schools delivered the highest number of courses, followed by secondary schools and other types of schools.

Tutoring Hours Delivered to Pupils

DfE estimates that 24,785,207 hours of tutoring have been delivered to pupils by schools through the National Tutoring Programme in the 2022 to 2023 academic year. 

Where a tutor delivered an hour of tutoring for multiple pupils, it would be counted once per pupil as part of the calculation for the total number of hours.

The length of a tutoring course may vary and individual pupils may receive a lower or higher number of hours, for example by undertaking more than one course. 

Across England, it is estimated that the average duration of a tutoring course is 11.6 hours. The methodology to estimate the number of courses delivered assumes a maximum length of 16 hours per course, therefore, the figures may underestimate the average course length. See the methodology for further details.

Estimates of hours per course of tutoring in each region of England are presented in the table below. Estimates by local authority can be found via the Explore Data functionality or downloaded.

School Participation in NTP

DfE estimates that 73.8% of schools participated in the National Tutoring Programme in the full 2022 to 2023 academic year based on responses to the Year End Statement by schools. This compares to 87.4% in the previous academic year.

Based on responses to the School Census, as of May 2023, DfE had estimated that 76% of schools were participating in the 2022/23 academic year up to that date. Statistics for tutoring within the academic year (in-year) and for the entire academic year (year-end) are based on different data sources provided by schools and methodologies; users should take account of this if drawing comparison between in-year and end-year data. Please see the methodology for further information.

Figures for school participation in the NTP by region and local authority are shown in the tables below.

Despite primary schools delivering a greater number of courses overall, the participation rate was higher among secondary schools than primary schools and other schools. As context, in England there are more state-funded primary schools than secondary schools and on average primary schools are smaller than secondary schools.

Pupils Receiving Tutoring on NTP

DfE estimates that 1,478,195 pupils received tutoring on the National Tutoring Programme in the 2022 to 2023 academic year. 

Estimates of the total number of pupils who received tutoring through the NTP by region are given in the table below.

Characteristics of Pupils Receiving Tutoring on NTP

This section provides statistics on the characteristics of pupils receiving tutoring through the National Tutoring Programme during the academic year 2022/23 up to the summer School Census date on 18th May 2023.

The statistics on pupil characteristics are based on data from the School Census, not the National Tutoring Programme Year End Statements submitted by schools. More details on how these estimates are produced can be found in the methodology (opens in a new tab).

It is estimated that 45.5% of the pupils that received tutoring through the NTP in 2022/23 were known to be eligible for free school meals within the last 6 years. 

25.9% of the pupils that received tutoring through the NTP were known to have special educational needs.

Estimates of the percentage of pupils who received tutoring based on free school meal status, gender, special educational needs and ethnicity are provided in the tables below.

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Methodology

Find out how and why we collect, process and publish these statistics.

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Official statistics in development

These statistics are undergoing a 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.

They have been produced as far as possible in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:

• managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
• meet identified user needs
• produced according to sound methods
• well explained and readily accessible

Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance.

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