Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur
improvement in student learning as a result of the programme, as perceived by school staff
Veränderung der schulischen Leistungen und Perspektiven
Schools involved in the qualitative interviews were positive about the tuition, keen to work with the Tutor Trust again, and largely confident that the tuition was beneficial for their pupils. All teaching staff and senior leaders interviewed believed that there was a need for more affordable, high quality tuition. School staff who we spoke to believed the quality of tutors was generally high and that, the quality of tutors greatly influenced the impact of the programme.
Beschreibung der Aktivität
The Tutor Trust charity
The Tutor Trust is a Manchester-based charity that aims to provide affordable small group and one to one tuition to schools. The Trust recruits university students and recent graduates, which enables it to provide tuition at a competitive rate. It predominantly aims to support schools in challenging communities and pupils who are looked-after or eligible for free school meals.
Großbritannien
25 hours tuition
95 pupils
year 6 and 7
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche
Evaluierung der Aktivität
The evaluation used a quasi-experimental design, which enabled a comparison to be made between participating pupils and other pupils who were similar in terms of their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. A weakness of this design is that it does not take into account the unobservable characteristics of pupils, such as their motivation or the quality of the leadership in their schools. As a result, the findings are less secure than findings from randomised controlled trials. The qualitative fieldwork undertaken was based on the views of 13 senior leaders; 7 classroom teachers; 21 Year 6 pupils and 16 Year 7 pupils who had received tutoring; and 10 tutors.
(1) costs for an hour of tuition (2) total cost of the intervention per pupil for 25 tuition-sessions (3) cost rating
(1) between £18 and £26 (2) £185 (3) Moderate: up to about £700 per pupil per year.