2022-23 National Tutoring Programme Allocation

The NTP allocation is a ring-fenced grant paid to schools, subsidised at 60% in 2022-23.

For the school year 2022-23, St John’s Catholic Primary School NTP allocation is £3726. 60% of the total expected costs is funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and therefore an expected contribution from school budget is £2484.

• The number of mainstream hours funded = 345
• The number of mainstream funded pupils = 23
• Allocation for mainstream funded pupils (60% of total expected costs) = £3,726
• Contribution from school budget = £2484
• A total of £6210 is expected to be spent on tutoring based on 345 hours funding.

2021-22 School-Led Tutoring Grant

The School-Led Tuition funding is a ring-fenced grant paid to schools, subsidised at 75% in 2021-22. Schools were paid the grant automatically in increments in October 2021, January 2022, April 2022.

The grant was calculated at 2 payments of 60% of school pupil premium numbers, and a final payment calculated at 76% of pupil premium numbers.

For mainstream schools, the DfE standardised that a 15-hour tuition package costs a maximum of £270 per pupil: £202.50p funded by NTP through the grant + the school top-up of £67.50 per pupil (plus staff on-costs, if using existing school staff). Top-ups come from the school budget, the pupil premium funding or the Recovery Premium.

2020-21 Catch-Up Premium 

The government provided funding to cover a one-off universal catch-up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year which aimed to support pupils to catch up for lost learning so schools could meet the curriculum expectations for the next academic year. 

At St John’s we spent the funding on staffing and resources for small groups and individual support which is the most effective way for our pupils.

We received a total of £80 per pupil, as follows: 

• In 3 instalments - in autumn 2020, 'early 2021' and summer 2021
• a total of £46.67 per pupil split across payments 1 and 2
• £33.33 per pupil for payment 3

Per pupil numbers for each instalment were based on the latest available data. For the payment in 'early 2021', this was the pupil headcount from the October 2020 census, ie 211 pupils. 

Although we received funding on a per pupil basis, we used the sum available as a single total to prioritise support. There were no specific requirements for who to spend it on. We identified pupils that would benefit most from the funding.

At St John’s Catholic Primary School, we used the catch-up premium to:

• Purchase curriculum resources and materials that support pupils to get “back on track”, e.g. English, Maths support books;
• Purchase additional resources for staff to work with individuals and small targeted groups and ‘model’ learning, e.g. whiteboards, textbooks, visualisers;
• Improve remote education, e.g. Big Cat Phonics e-books, visualisers, Seesaw, setting up MSTeams;
• Provide small group tuition and/or 1:1 tuition, e.g. phonics, reading, maths, grammar
• Fund an additional teaching assistant to develop the outcomes of children in the Reception class;
• Fund additional teaching assistants to develop outcomes of children in KS1 who have been identified as needing to ‘catch up’ in their learning;
• Fund additional teaching assistants to develop outcomes of children in KS2 who have been identified as needing to ‘catch up’ in their learning;
• Fund additional teachers to develop the outcomes of children who have been identified as needing to ‘catch up’ in their learning

We are held to account for how we used the catch-up premium funding in 2 ways: 

1. Governor oversight 

The governors scrutinise the plans for, and the use of, the catch-up funding. They consider whether we are:

• Spending the funding in line with the school's catch-up priorities 
• Being transparent with parents on the use of the funding 

2. Ofsted visits 

• As part of the quality of education judgement, Ofsted would look at how we are using the catch-up funding to make sure the curriculum has a positive impact on all pupils