Scheme to remedy Covid education loss sees teachers paid a fraction of hourly rate charged
The government’s decision to hire private tutoring companies to provide “catch-up tutoring” to disadvantaged pupils in England after lockdown will cost schools and the Department for Education up to four and a half times more than these companies will pay private tutors to teach the children.
An investigation by the Observer reveals some private tutoring companies hired are charging between £72 and £84 per hour for tutors via the government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme (NTP) scheme.
