South Dartmoor Community College

16-19 Tuition Fund Statement 2022-23

The ESFA has made funding available to colleges to support students who have had their learning affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The Tuition Fund is ring-fenced for schools, colleges and all other 16 to 19 providers to mitigate the disruption to learning arising from coronavirus.

The funding can be used to provide small group tuition for 16-19-year olds on a study programme where their learning has been disrupted. Although the support is targeted based on prior attainment in maths/English, the funding is not limited to support in these subjects and will be provided according to need.

Support is being prioritised where students will benefit most from small group tuition / bespoke pastoral support, and particular regard is being given to the requirements of disadvantaged students and students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

SDCC has committed to using the Tuition Fund that the ESFA has made available, sessions will be limited to no more than 6 students and will take place in addition to the normal planned timetabled hours.

ESFA guidance related to the Tuition Fund is available here

Examples of some of the support that the school will be offering are:

• GCSE resit preparation via 1-2-1 tutoring and out of hours subject specific support.
• Support for disadvantaged students.
• Support for SEND and high needs students.

Implementation

The school will use the funding as follows:

• Securing online tutoring for students yet to secure a grade 4 in English and/or Maths.
• Securing online tutoring for students in subjects where their progress has been affected. 
• Running small group sessions in addition to the existing timetabled hours.
• Support will be offered and provided based on the individual needs of each student.
• Targeted pastoral support.

SDCC 

The School is committed to ensuring that the tuition fund is used in accordance with the Government’s guidance on the 16 to 19 Tuition Fund by:

• Producing this statement setting out how the fund will be used to support the most disadvantaged students.
• Publishing this statement on the College 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 retaining the evidence of the tuition provided.
• Delivering the extra tuition and spend the allocated funds in the academic year 2022-2023