Fourth Report - Is the Catch-up Programme fit for purpose?

Select Committee
Education Committee HC 940 10 March 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 20 items (14 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 20 of 20 classified)
Accepted 8
Accepted in Part 4
Acknowledged 7
Rejected 1
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Recommendations

7 results
5 Accepted
Teachers and school staff know their pupils and know what interventions are likely to bring...
Recommendation
Teachers and school staff know their pupils and know what interventions are likely to bring the most benefit. The Catch-up Programme to date has been fragmented, and a complex bureaucratic system for applications may have hampered some schools’ ability to … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government will simplify the National Tutoring Programme by allocating all tutoring funding directly to schools and has allocated recovery premium based on disadvantage, and Ofsted considers the use of catch-up funding within inspections.
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9 Accepted
Para 56
It is not clear that the National Tutoring Programme will deliver for the pupils that...
Recommendation
It is not clear that the National Tutoring Programme will deliver for the pupils that need it most. We expect full transparency about the operation of the National Is the Catch-up Programme fit for purposee 31 Tutoring Programme, including information … Read more
Government Response Summary
The Department began publishing half-termly data from March 2022, including data on participation by local authority, region and school, and will publish data on pupil characteristics such as disadvantage and SEN annually; they will reprocure for delivery partners as they will not be extending Randstad’s contract.
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10 Accepted
Para 57
The Department must commit to publishing statistics on a half-termly basis on the number of...
Recommendation
The Department must commit to publishing statistics on a half-termly basis on the number of starts under the National Tutoring Programme with a greater degree of granularity. This must include information on the proportion of children accessing the programme on … Read more
Government Response Summary
The Department began publishing half-termly data from March 2022, including data on participation by local authority, region and school, and will publish data on pupil characteristics such as disadvantage and SEN annually; they will reprocure for delivery partners as they will not be extending Randstad’s contract.
Department for Education
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11 Accepted
Para 58
Currently it appears that the school-led tutoring pillar is more attractive than tuition partners or...
Recommendation
Currently it appears that the school-led tutoring pillar is more attractive than tuition partners or academic mentors (with 230,000 starts as of 1 December, compared to 52,000 and 20,000 respectively), although we have heard concerns about the quality assurance underpinning … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government will allocate all tutoring funding directly to schools, ensure high standards of tutoring through training, procure delivery partners for quality assurance, and ensure school funding allocations for NTP take account of the numbers of disadvantaged pupils.
Department for Education
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13 Accepted
The Department should commit to undertaking a review of the impact that Covid-19 has had...
Recommendation
The Department should commit to undertaking a review of the impact that Covid-19 has had on children with special educational needs and disabilities. (Paragraph 60) Mental health resilience and an extended school day
Government Response Summary
The government will continue to monitor the impact of Covid-19 on pupils with SEND through research into academic progress and gathering evidence from schools, and the SEND and AP Green Paper addresses many of the key themes raised.
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15 Accepted
Para 68
The Department must introduce a pilot of optional extra-curricular activities for children to help improve...
Recommendation
The Department must introduce a pilot of optional extra-curricular activities for children to help improve academic attainment and wellbeing. The pilot should be trialled in areas of disadvantage across the country. If this pilot proves effective, the Department should include … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government highlights its existing commitments to extra-curricular activities, including introducing a minimum expectation of a 32.5 hour school week, working with DCMS and the Department of Health and Social Care on the cross-government School Sport and Activity Action Plan, and investing nearly £30m per year to open up state school sport facilities and improve PE teaching.
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16 Accepted
Para 69
There are some examples of positive collaboration between local private and state schools in terms...
Recommendation
There are some examples of positive collaboration between local private and state schools in terms of offering the use of sports centres or theatres to support enrichment activities which should be further encouraged. Primary and secondary state schools should also … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government highlights its existing commitments to extra-curricular activities, including introducing a minimum expectation of a 32.5 hour school week, working with DCMS and the Department of Health and Social Care on the cross-government School Sport and Activity Action Plan, and investing nearly £30m per year to open up state school sport facilities and improve PE teaching.
Department for Education
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14 Conclusion Accepted
We are conscious that any extension to the school day would need to be carefully balanced so that staff workload and pupils’ energy are not negatively impacted. However, we are also persuaded that there is merit in extending opportunities for additional time spent on extra-curricular activities, including exercise and creative …
Government Response Summary
The government has committed to a minimum expectation of a 32.5 hour school week in state-funded mainstream schools by September 2023, alongside extra-curricular activities, sport, and the National Youth Guarantee.
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