What is The 16-19 Tuition Fund?
The 16-19 tuition fund is an extra funding allocation for the 2021-22 academic year. The fund is being provided to support learners to catch up and close any gaps in their learning that may have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 lockdown. The fund will be used for small group and 1:1 tuition in English, Maths, vocational subjects as well as other academic subjects for 16 to 19-year-old learners. This tuition will be in addition to the planned study programme hours.
Who can be supported by this fund?
Learners must be aged 16-19 and must not have already achieved a GSCE grade 5 or above in maths and/or English by age 16, with priority given to students who have not yet achieved a grade 4 in English and/or Maths. Students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) – including those aged 19 to 24 who require additional tuition to help them catch up with their studies – will also be supported by this provision, as well as students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds
How is The Ripley Academy using this Fund?
Tuition groups will comprise of up to seven students and the tuition sessions will be scheduled in addition to the planned programme of study hours already timetabled for the academic year 2021/22.
Tuition sessions will be delivered face to face, online or through a blended delivery model.
Examples of some of the Tuition Support on offer will include:
- Maths and English topic support through designated coaching and small group tuition.
- GCSE revision support
- Small group tuition for students who have fallen behind due to Covid-related disruption to learning.
- Academic skills support and development
- Specialist Support to improve engagement for learners with SEND
Tuition Support offered will be based on an individual need’s assessment, the identification of an individual starting point, clear learning goals, expectations and outcomes.
What is our pledge?
The Ripley Academy is committed to ensuring the tuition fund is used in accordance with the Government’s guidance on the 16 to 19 tuition fund by:
- Producing this statement setting out how the fund will be used to support the most disadvantaged students
- Publishing this guidance on the school website
- Recording the use of the fund, including references to individual students who receive support, the needs of those students, the number of hours of tuition delivered and retain the evidence of the tuition provided and demonstrate the impact of the support provided
- Delivering the extra tuition and spend the allocated funds in the academic year 2021/22
Notifying the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) of any underspend from the Fund for it to be reclaimed.
