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<p>The department is investing over £1 billion in tutoring via its flagship National
Tutoring Programme (NTP). This has seen nearly five million tutoring courses commence
since the programme started in November 2020, including over two million in each of
the last two academic years. In the current academic year, 346,000 courses have started
up to 5 October 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The principal objective of the NTP is to improve
the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. In the 2023/24 academic year, schools are
required to consider offering tutoring to all of their pupils who are eligible for
the pupil premium. The department is continuing to recommend that schools use pupil
premium funding to cover their contribution to the cost of tutoring. Pupil premium
funding will rise to over £2.9 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, an increase
of £80 million from 2023/24. This represents a 10% increase in per pupil rates from
2021/22 to 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to the objective that
tutoring should be embedded across schools in England following the final year of
the NTP. The department will expect tutoring to continue to be a staple offer from
schools, with schools using their core budgets, including pupil premium, to provide
targeted support for those children who will benefit.</p>
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