Academic year 2023/24

National Tutoring Programme

Data guidance

Published 14 December 2023

Description

Summary of the delivery data on the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) for academic year 2023/24. This includes statistics on courses started by pupils and school participation.

Coverage

Delivery data since the start of the NTP covers courses delivered to pupils in the full 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years, and the 2023/24 year up to 5th October. 

For the 2023/24 academic year, the data covers the cumulative number of courses started by pupils and school participation up to 5th October 2023.  

The statistics and data for delivery cover England, including regional and local authority breakdowns. The data is also broken down by school phase. 

File formats and conventions

The files are in .csv format. 

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

NTP Delivery October 2023

• Filename: 2023.24_ntp_delivery_data_2023-12-14.csv
• Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
• Time period: 2021 August to 2023 October
• Content:

  NTP total courses delivered for England in 2020 to 2021.

  NTP total courses delivered for England in 2021 to 2022.

  NTP total courses delivered for England in 2022 to 2023.

  NTP school participation for England, Regions, Local Authorities, and school phase in 2023 to 2024, up to 5th October2023.

  NTP courses started by pupils for England, Regions, Local Authorities, and school phase in 2023 to 2024, up to 5th October 2023.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
estimated_course_starts_by_pupils	Course starts by pupils
percentage_schools_participating	Percentage of schools Participating in NTP
school_phase	Phase of education
total_schools	Total schools
total_schools_participating	Total School Participating in NTP
total_type	Total since start of NTP or Total in academic year

Footnotes

1. Figures may not always sum to totals exactly, due to rounding. 
2. Delivery of tutoring in Independent Special Schools and centrally arranged for Looked After Children is not measured in the school census and is therefore not included here. 
3. This data contains estimates of courses started by pupils up to 5th October within the 2023/24 academic year based on the Autumn 2023 School Census. See methodology for further information.
4. School participation is identified based on responses to the School Census. See methodology for further information.
5. Total schools includes all open schools with pupils aged between 5 and 16, as defined in the methodology.