Commenting as the government announce that Randstad will not have the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) contract next year, and that schools will recieve tuition funding directly next year, Nick Brook, deputy general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said:

"It is unquestionably the right decision to direct tutor funding directly to schools from next year. The success of the school-led route shows that the appetite for tutoring is there. Likewise, it is right to refocus the National Tutoring Programme on growing the supply of high quality tutors everywhere, particularly in areas of the country currently poorly served.

“To succeed, this needs to be led by schools, not done-to schools; it needs to be for pupils, not for profit; it needs to be seen to be part-and-parcel of schools’ work to narrow the achievement gap, instead of a sticking plaster for Covid recovery.

"Schools will start setting budgets and shaping pupil premium strategies for 22-23 over coming weeks. If the opportunity is to be seized then schools will need to know sooner rather than later how much tutor funding will be coming their way, and the top-up required.”