MOST school leaders who have either already dropped out of the Tory government’s flagship tutoring scheme or plan to this year say that funding concerns are the main reason, a damning new report has found.

Nearly half (45 per cent) do not believe the Covid-19 catch-up National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is cost-effective, according to a survey of more than 400 head teachers. 

The report by the National Foundation for Educational Research found that 55 per cent of senior leaders who have already left the scheme, or plan to imminently, said that falling government subsidies was a key factor in their decision.