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Recent press coverage:

June 2020
Summer schools, home-learning expectations and Ofsted – how experts think pupils can catch up, Schools Week
Schools reopening: Government considering summer camps, tutoring service and extra funds for schools as part of ‘catch-up plan’, inew
‘Education sector must throw its weight behind the NTP’, Tes

August 2020
What Schools Will Be Told To Do In September So All Pupils Can Return, Huffington Post

September 2020
Fair Education Alliance (FEA) innovation awards – Scaling Award winner, Schools Week
‘How can school-charity partnerships help tackle lost learning?’, Schools Week

October 2020
‘Volunteer tutor from Birmingham helping to bridge the attainment gap for disadvantaged children’, Primary Times
‘The Advantages Of Tutoring For Disadvantaged Children’, Teaching Times

Our latest policy updates:

25th September 2020 by Fleur Nicholson

Schools and charity partnerships: Challenges and solutions

The impact of the pandemic has been wide-reaching. Schools have been significantly affected, having to respond instantly to establish remote teaching and now working to support pupils catch up from the learning they have lost. Action Tutoring, and many other… [continue reading]

27th July 2020 by Fleur Nicholson

Action Tutoring: Fair Education Alliance Scaling Award Winners

Action Tutoring is thrilled to have been announced as one of seven winners for this year’s Fair Education Alliance Scaling Award! Action Tutoring is honoured to have been granted this award, a two-year accelerator programme designed to provide bespoke support… [continue reading]

10th July 2020 by Fleur Nicholson

Determined to Change, Determined to Sustain: Black Lives Matter at Action Tutoring

Last month, Action Tutoring put out a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Since then, our entire organisation has been working together to find ways to take anti-racist action both in the short and long term. In… [continue reading]

19th June 2020 by Fleur Nicholson

Action Tutoring’s response to government catch-up plans

The school closures have had a huge impact on pupils, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, with recent reports suggesting as many as 2 million pupils have done almost no school work during lockdown. At Action Tutoring we have been highlighting… [continue reading]

15th June 2020 by Fleur Nicholson

Action Tutoring begins the testing phase of its online tutoring development

Action Tutoring is thrilled to have begun the testing phase of its online tutoring development this week. Expanding its tutoring programme delivery to online, as well as in person, was already part of Action Tutoring’s strategic plans before the crisis… [continue reading]