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Find out the latest from Tutor Trust below. If you have a story or want to discuss anything with the team please:

Email: press@thetutortrust.org
Press team phone: 0161 833 3055

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March 2025 spring statement

The Tutor Trust shares an update on its advocacy work and what they are hoping to see in the spring statement

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An impactful wedding gift: Supporting Tutor Trust

Tom and Ben Amies-Cull chose to sponsor us as part of their wedding celebrations in 2017. Read on to find out why they chose to support our charity and what working towards a fairer education system means to them

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Episode 18: The story of Tutor Trust

Find out how Tutor Trust grew from an idea into a proudly northern charity, collaborating with schools and colleges to transform thousands of young people's lives each year. What were the challenges, how did it grow and what have been the outcomes since the idea was first discussed way back in 2011?

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New term, new programmes!

The Tutor Trust has expanded the scope of our tuition to offer two new programmes: Phonics and Post-16! This means we are now supporting young people from the earliest of their school journey right up to Key Stage 5.

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Summer school sunshine!

At Tutor Trust, our vision is to be part of an education system that provides excellence, equity, and opportunity to every child and young person in the UK. We believe that all young people should receive the support they need to overcome any barriers they face in achieving their full potential.

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DfE release new NTP figures

Latest data from the Department for Education shows a decrease in take-up of tutoring, despite years of subsidies from the NTP

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A year of transformational tutoring

At the end of the school year, Tutor Trust reflects on its tutoring programmes' impact across the 2023/2024 academic year. It has been truly transformational, having delivered more than 7,000 tutoring programmes to almost 6,000 pupils and worked in nearly 150 schools and provisions across North England.

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SATs results: Big day for year 6 pupils

Tutor Trust writes to celebrate the hard work of our pupils and their tutors. We also define these results in the context of those from before the pandemic, and the work that still needs to be done.