Delivering the Tutor Trust programme cost approximately £185 per pupil, based on groups of three pupils receiving 25 tuition sessions¶

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q2 i? The estimated cost of the intervention was approximately £185 per pupil, with hourly tuition charged at £18 to £26. → Emily Buchanan 2015

Evidence¶

Emily Buchanan 2015¶

Emily Buchanan, Jack Worth, Helen Aston. (2015). Tutor Trust Primary: Evaluation report and Executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581540

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Cost information reported in the executive summary's cost section. In this project primary schools paid a flat fee of £1,000 for tuition irrespective of the number of pupils tutored and secondaries were offered tuition free of charge.

"At the time of the evaluation the Tutor Trust would charge primary or secondary schools between £18 and £26 for an hour of tuition. Based on groups of three pupils receiving 25 tuition sessions, the total cost of the intervention is estimated at approximately £185 per pupil."

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Related Claims¶

• Participating schools were positive about the tuition and keen to work with the Tutor Trust again, and staff saw a need for more affordable high-quality tuition — related
• Pupils receiving Tutor Trust tuition made marginally less progress in English and mathematics than matched comparison pupils, with differences not statistically significant — related
• Year 11 pupils receiving Tutor Trust English tuition achieved lower English GCSE scores than comparison pupils (effect size −0.16), but this difference cannot be attributed to the tuition — related
• Year 11 pupils receiving Tutor Trust mathematics tuition achieved slightly higher mathematics GCSE scores than comparison pupils, but this difference cannot be attributed to the tuition — related