Education & Young People Poverty & Inclusion 2024
Action Tutoring

Action Tutoring Impact Report 2024/25

Action Tutoring partners with schools across England to deliver volunteer-led tutoring for disadvantaged pupils. Their 2024/25 impact report records 3,735 pupils supported across 102 schools, with Year 6 pupils closing the reading attainment gap entirely and secondary pupils significantly more likely to pass GCSE English and maths than disadvantaged peers nationally.

View Report
Report snapshot
3,735 pupils supported across 102 school partners; 1,401 active volunteers delivering 42,479 sessions Key Metric 1
Year 6 pupils closed the reading attainment gap — meeting expected standard at the same rate as non-disadvantaged peers nationally Key Metric 2
Secondary pupils 10% more likely to pass GCSE English and 13% more likely to pass GCSE maths than disadvantaged peers nationally Key Metric 3
6 Views

📋About

Volunteer tutoring, small group tuition, SATs and GCSE programmes, school partnerships, new delivery in Blackpool, Cumbria, Devon and Dorset Custom geography from upload: England

📊Key Metrics

3,735 pupils supported across 102 school partners; 1,401 active volunteers delivering 42,479 sessions Key Metric 1
Year 6 pupils closed the reading attainment gap — meeting expected standard at the same rate as non-disadvantaged peers nationally Key Metric 2
Secondary pupils 10% more likely to pass GCSE English and 13% more likely to pass GCSE maths than disadvantaged peers nationally Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Primary pupils 29% more likely to reach expected standard in reading and 20% more likely in maths after 10+ sessions
  • Won School Partnership Provider of the Year at National Tutoring Awards 2025; EEF RCT of secondary maths programme launched 2025/26
  • Operating beyond the National Tutoring Programme with strategic focus on evidence-building and geographic expansion to underserved communities

📍Geography

Other

Related reports

All Education & Young People reports →
2024
The Country Trust

Impact Report 2023/24

32,000+ children reached across core programmes; 20,315 children supported to access real working farms
Key Metric 1
41.8% of children in partner schools meet EVER6 Free School Meals criteria (national average 26.3%) — demonstrating focus on highest-disadvantage communities
Key Metric 2
95% of children felt farms were important after their visit (up 11% on prior year); 100% of teachers said programmes gave pupils new opportunities they wouldn't otherwise have accessed
Key Metric 3
Programmes target children least likely to access green space — particularly those in urban deprivation, with SEND, or facing other barriers to outdoor experience
Education & Young People Children
View
2024
Big Change

Impact Story 2020–2024

63 projects backed with £5 million in funding, unlocking £60 million+ in follow-on investment — £12 for every £1 given; 8 million+ children and young people engaged through funded projects
Key Metric 1
17 million+ people reached globally through expert articles co-created with insight network across 26 countries; 25,000+ people took part in 2,000+ Big Education Conversations across England since 2021
Key Metric 2
£1 million Big Education Challenge prize fund launched in 2022, backing 15 finalists and 6 award winners; 40 cross-sector experts publishing via global insight network; 35 countries holding Big Education Conversations
Key Metric 3
Early-stage backing of Frontline (2013) — now England's largest social work charity, training 2,400 social workers reaching 150,000+ families; Voice 21 (2014) — now working with 203,000 students in 852 schools; oracy embedded in cross-party education priorities
Education & Young People Young People
View
2024
Chefs in Schools

Annual Report 2023/24

100,000+ children now reached through programmes — nearly doubling in one year the reach achieved in the previous five years combined; 16 new schools supported through School Transformation programme (6,303 pupils)
Key Metric 1
76 chefs from 126 schools graduated from School Chef Educator programme reaching 36,414 children daily; total income grew 46% to £1,654,185; most successful fundraising year to date raising £1,548,528
Key Metric 2
88%+ of school leaders reported pupils consuming more fruit and vegetables; 82%+ reported improvement in pupil behaviour; 65%+ reported improvement in pupil concentration; 100% of chefs satisfied or very satisfied with their job
Key Metric 3
Won BBC Food and Farming Derek Cooper Outstanding Achievement Award 2023; Survation polling found a third of parents can no longer afford school meals; gave evidence to House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee and Youth Select Committee
Education & Young People Children
View