How our tutoring programmes work
Action Tutoring partners with primary and secondary state schools to deliver targeted English and maths programmes, helping to close the attainment gap.
From initial baseline assessments to final exam day, our structured, evidence-based programmes are designed to seamlessly integrate into your school timetable.
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Discover our step-by-step process for integrating high-impact, small-group tutoring that actively closes the attainment gap, matches your curriculum, and requires minimal administration from your teaching staff.
Consultation and pupil selection
Before tutoring begins, we work closely with your senior leadership or ‘link teacher’ to align the programme with your school’s specific academic goals.
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Select your cohort: Choose your target year groups – Year 5 or 6 (SATs), Year 7 (catch-up), or Year 10 or 11 (GCSEs).
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Identify your pupils: Select eligible pupils, focusing primarily on those eligible for Pupil Premium funding who are under-performing or at risk of falling behind.
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Choose your model: Decide whether a face-to-face or online delivery model best fits your school’s infrastructure and timetable (face-to-face availability depends on your school’s location).
Baseline assessment
To ensure tutoring is highly targeted, every pupil completes a brief diagnostic baseline assessment in maths or English.
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Identifying knowledge gaps: These assessments pinpoint specific misconceptions.
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Smart matching: Our dedicated Programme Coordinator uses this data to group pupils into clusters of 2-3 with a tutor.
The 10-20 week tutoring programme
Programmes run as structured weekly blocks, typically lasting between 10 and 20 weeks to ensure sustainable, long-term learning retention.
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The weekly commitment: Pupils receive one hour of tutoring per week, either before, during, or immediately after the school day.
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Curriculum alignment: Tutors use our curriculum-aligned workbooks. These directly mirror the National Curriculum, reinforcing what your teachers are already delivering in the classroom.
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Frictionless delivery: An Action Tutoring programme coordinator is present at every single session – handling registers, troubleshooting, and pupil behaviour so your school staff don’t have to.
Progress tracking and reporting
We keep you informed throughout the loop without creating extra paperwork for your staff.
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Progress check: At the midpoint of the programme, we provide a progress check to illustrate where scores have improved and where knowledge gaps have closed.
- Engagement: We conduct pupil surveys at the end of the programme for qualitative feedback.
What we need from you
To ensure the partnership is a success, we ask our partner schools to provide a small foundation of support:
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A dedicated space: A quiet classroom or IT suite with stable internet access (for online programmes) or space for small-group discussion (for face-to-face sessions).
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A school contact lead: A designated member of staff to act as our primary point of contact.
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Data provision: Sharing basic pupil data to help us ensure strict compliance with impact tracking and safeguarding metrics.
Timeline to launch
An Action Tutoring programme can be fully operational in your school within six weeks of your initial enquiry.
