Action Tutoring provides cost-effective, evidence-based tutoring in maths to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Action Tutoring is partnering with the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and two sector-leading research organisations—the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT)—to evaluate the impact of the Action Tutoring programme on young people’s attainment in, and attitude towards, maths.
Through a randomised controlled trial, the evaluation will explore Action Tutoring’s effectiveness at promoting maths attainment through a 20-week tutoring programme for Year 11 pupils. The trial will also explore the impact of tutoring programmes of different lengths for pupils in Year 7 and Year 10, with the Year 7 provision aiming in particular to support pupils’ transition from key stage 2 to 3.
Benefits of taking part include:
- Access innovative, easily implemented provision for up to 60 pupils at a 92% discount.
- Receive a thank-you payment of £500 upon completing all trial-related activities.
- Schools selected to develop a case study will also receive a thank-you payment of £150.
To be eligible to participate, your school must:
- Be a state-maintained, mainstream school in England with pupils in Year 7, 10 and 11.
- Have a school-wide Pupil Premium eligibility rate of at least 18%.
- Not have partnered with Action Tutoring or any other external tutoring provider in 2024–25.
