16 to 19 Tuition Fund

 

The Department of Education has given funding to support students whose learning was disrupted as a result of the COVID pandemic. This 16-19 Tuition Fund is available to all 16 to 19 providers such as Ryburn Sixth.

The funding will be used to support students at Ryburn Sixth who have had their learning disrupted in the 2020 to 2021 academic year from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak across the curriculum.

The funding will be used to support small group tuition for 16 to 19 students in English, maths, and other courses where learning has been disrupted. The subjects covered in the tuition will not be limited to English and maths but will be identified according to need and existing programmes. We will also prioritise students with special additional needs and disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged students, particularly where they have experienced additional disruption to learning as a result of their specific needs and disabilities.

Ryburn Sixth will be using the small group tuition funding that it has been given to mitigate against the impact of the pandemic with small study sessions, over and above students’ normal timetabled sessions. Sessions will be limited from one to five students per group. Students will be prioritised for small group tuition based on the guidance released by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).

The full guidance can be accessed here.

Support sessions will be prioritised for the following students:

  • Those with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan

  • Students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

  • Those who had a grade 4 or below in GCSE Maths and/or English at age 16

  • Disadvantaged students

Examples of some of the Tuition Support on offer will include:

  • GCSE exam re-sit preparation

  • Bespoke subject support/catch-up

Tuition Support offered will be administered by trained tutors and based on assessment of students’ individual needs.

Our commitment

Ryburn Sixth is committed to ensuring the tuition fund is used in accordance with the Government’s guidance on the 16 to 19 tuition fund by:

  • publishing this overview on the Ryburn Sixth 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

  • deliver the extra tuition and spend the allocated funds in the academic year 2021/22

  • notify the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) of any underspend from the Fund for it to be reclaimed