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Study warns of ‘stark regional disparities’ in the use of private tuition
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) during a rally in Manchester, as teachers in the north of England begin the first of three days of nationwide strike action in a long-running dispute over pay in February 28, 2023
THERE are stark disparities in private tuition, with more affluent children benefiting from it than their poorer peers, according to research published today.
Children in the best-off homes were more likely to report having had private tutoring than their peers in the worst-off homes — 35 per cent compared with 21 per cent.
The Sutton Trust charity, which produced the study, also warned of “stark regional disparities” in the use of private tuition.
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