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Affordable Primary Tuition

This report from the Education Endowment Foundation trial of Tutor Trust’s affordable tuition project found that low-cost tutoring in small groups increased maths scores for disadvantaged pupils who are working below age-expected levels in maths.

One hundred and five schools in Manchester and Leeds with double the average numbers of disadvantaged pupils participated in the effectiveness trial of the Tutor Trust project from September 2016 until July 2017. The aim of the project is to improve the maths achievement of disadvantaged pupils by providing small-group tutoring sessions with trained university students and recent graduates.

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      string(5304) "Leadership BriefingLeadership Briefing – www.teachingtimes.comReports Summaries – a weeklyservice of essential summaries,in-depth reports and criticalanalysis that’s new and relevantto education, linked to originalsource documents.KEY DATA ON MUSIC EDUCATION HUBS 2014KeywordsMusic EducationHubs, musiceducation,children,young people,progressionroutes, state-funded schoolsSummaryMusic Education Hubs were created to provide opportunities in music education for childrenand young people. This Arts Council England study published by NFER concludes that thehubs appear to be fulfilling their core purpose, and supporting young people to progress withtheir music-making.Music Education Hubs (MEHs) were created to provide access, opportunities and excellence in musiceducation for all children and young people. A total of 123 MEHs were established and started work in2012. 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Ensure that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument (otherthan voice) through whole-class ensemble teaching programmes for ideally a year (but for aminimum of a term) of weekly tuition on the same instrument.2. Provide opportunities to play in ensembles and to perform from an early stage.3. Ensure that clear progression routes are available and affordable to all young people.4. Develop a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings regularly and that choirs andother vocal ensembles are available in the area. ■ Hubs are providing many pupils with opportunities to play and sing in ensembles, with a wide-range of different types of ensembles and groups provided in schools and at area level. Mostensembles are provided independently by schools. ■ Ensembles are available to pupils from an early age, with the majority of attendees aged between7 and 11 years old. 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      string(5675) "of their age in reading andwriting. This does not mean they are illiteratebut it can endanger their future progress andsuccess.Some people argue, however, that Key Stage2 tests are not an adequate measure.Improvements in standards since 1995 may beless than figures suggest. The StatisticsCommission has reviewed these arguments.It is unlikely that any one teaching methodor set of changes would eliminate under-achievement in reading. However, the reportexpresses particular interest in Scottish researchinto the use of synthetic phonics. A briefing onthis research is available.The report also suggests that inspiring alasting enjoyment of reading is vital. This can beendangered both by an overly formal approachand by a failure to teach decoding.Early childhood development ofcommunications skills and experiences ofliteracy have a big impact on how ready theyare to learn to read. The involvement of parentsin this is important. The development ofchildren’s services in the context of Every ChildMatters has an important part to play.ActionThe National Literacy Strategy (NLS) should bereviewed to see if its prescriptions andrecommendations are the best way to teachreading in primary schools.There should be large-scale researchcomparing synthetic phonics, analytic phonicsand the searchlight model promoted in the NLS.This should be used to decide which methodsare most effective for which children.Other research should look at other factorsthat affect learning to read. 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It shows that children’s opportunityto participate in this aspect of the shadoweducation system relates strongly to their socio-economic and cultural background.Psychological, cultural, educational andeconomic factors influence the employment oftutors. Although it offers a flexible andaffordable way for many families to supporttheir children in school, the quality of privatetuition is open to question and its impact onattainment is not guaranteed. The findings willprovide a platform for further research in thisaspect of parents’ involvement in their children’seducation.HeadlinesThe growing use of private tutors appears toreflect parents’ concern about the stateeducation system, and pressure on their childrento perform well in secondary school entranceexams, as well as in public exams.Most parents find a tutor through word ofmouth and it can be difficult to find a good one.At GCSE level, boys’ marks improved byalmost three quarters of a grade but girlsshowed little, if any, improvement. The impact ofprivate tuition seems to be more significant forpupils from minority ethnic groups, although thesize of the sample means this finding should betreated with caution.The average cost of a private tutor isbetween £20 and £30 an hour. Families fromsome minority ethnic groups are more likely toemploy private tutors.Although private tuition offers parents aflexible and affordable way to support theirchildren, the quality of private tuition is open toquestion and its impact on attainment is notguaranteed.ActionOne of the unexpected findings of the researchwas the higher rate of tutoring among non-white ethnic groups, and this calls for furtherinvestigation. In view of the differential effectsof tuition on GCSE results, a high priority is toobtain GCSE results for the Year 11 studentswho sat examinations in summer 2004 and totest effects with a larger sample. A priority in thefuture must be to develop a betterunderstanding of quality in private tuition. As afirst step, detailed evidence could be obtainedfrom tutors; however, observational studies willalso be needed to explore interactions betweentutors and students to establish in more detailhow effective tutors help students to learn andachieve.Available fromMapping and evaluating shadow education,ESRC Research Project RES-000-23-0117,Institute of Education, University of LondonChildren’s Workforce StrategySource: DfES Publications, ref: DfES/1117/2005,ISBN: 1-84478-381-2The Children’s Workforce Strategy explains howthe Government intends to create and supportan increasingly competent and effectivechildren’s workforce. The children’s workforcecomprises those who work in early years andchildcare, play, health, schools and colleges,youth work, sport and leisure, family supportand children’s social care as well as in a range ofspecialist services.REPORT MONITOR18 May/June 2005Key quote“Our goal is to improve outcomes for allchildren and young people. Success depends"
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