16-19 Tuition Fund – NCG

Statements

Allocation

NCG receives a single allocation of Tuition Funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to support 16-19 year old students with specific ‘catch-up’ tuition identified during enrolment and subsequent induction. The primary aim of the fund is to support small group catch-up in maths and English for those without a ‘good pass’, but it is also intended to support catch-up more widely across other subjects.

Each of our colleges operates with a degree of autonomy to ensure that it is able to respond fully to its local environment and the specific range of local students, employers and stakeholders it serves. As a result, our colleges have subtle differences in their approaches to the use of the 16-18 Tuition Fund. This statement is therefore split into a generic statement that covers the common NCG approach with a set of annexes for each college’s individual plans. That way we can ensure a degree of consistency whilst responding to specific local needs.

NCG Use of the 16-19 Tuition Fund

There are a number of principles behind how we will use the funding across NCG, which are set out below.

Each young person will be fairly assessed on entry – both in terms of their GCSE grade achieved and through use of extended diagnostics and initial assessment tools.
This will be considered alongside any assessment of other additional support that the student requires as part of their study with us.
A range of support methods will be used to ensure all students have the best chance of improving their grades, with as many achieving good English and maths passes as possible.
A key support method will be, but not limited to, the provision of small group support over and above the normal taught class arrangements.
The nature of this support will be dependent on the student involved, their support needs and the local context of the college.