Tutor Trust Impact Report 2024/25

The Tutor Trust delivers high-quality tutoring to disadvantaged pupils across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Tees Valley and West Yorkshire. Their 2024/25 impact report records 5,488 pupils supported across 183 schools, with GCSE attainment gaps reduced by up to 16 percentage points and their Tutoring Plus programme growing 185% in two years.

Report snapshot
5,488 pupils supported across 183 education partners with 285 tutors Key Metric 1
GCSE attainment gap reduced by 16pp in science, 14pp in maths and 3pp in English Key Metric 2
Tutoring Plus programme grown by 185% in 2 years; 91% of pupils from target population Key Metric 3
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Small group and 1:1 tuition, SATs and GCSE support, post-16 GCSE resit programme, SEND tutoring, Tutoring Plus, Tees Valley expansion Custom geography from upload: Northern England

📊Key Metrics

5,488 pupils supported across 183 education partners with 285 tutors Key Metric 1
GCSE attainment gap reduced by 16pp in science, 14pp in maths and 3pp in English Key Metric 2
Tutoring Plus programme grown by 185% in 2 years; 91% of pupils from target population Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • SATs attainment gap reduced by 7pp in reading and 4pp in maths
  • 87% of schools said they would recommend Tutor Trust to another school or college
  • 97% of pupils said tutoring helped them make progress

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2024

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
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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
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Programmes target children least likely to access green space — particularly those in urban deprivation, with SEND, or facing other barriers to outdoor experience
2024

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
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£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
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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
2024

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)
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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
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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
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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