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Further behind with their education if the government doesn't do more to help them catch up after the pandemic. it comes as it emerged that 13% of schools failed to take up the department for education's national tutoring programme which offers subsidised tuition. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley has the details. could you draw that as a bar model for me and show me what that would look like? this is bellfield junior school in birmingham, a school at the heart of its community. it is in an area which has high levels of deprivation. how well children do at school is often linked to th...

A small number of 'super tutor' schools are delivering nearly half of all catch-up, with rural and small schools missing out

It's been a success. but the bbc has learned that over £200 million ringfenced for the national tutoring programme has gone back to the treasury. that's around a third of the £594 million allocated to it. as of january, it's estimated that two thirds of schools in england have taken part in the scheme this academic year. and there's concern that this flagship recovery scheme hasn't reached as many pupils as it should. the national tutoring programme may have reached some of its targets, but it's fundamentally missed the point in terms of getting young people the academic help that they need....

See this disparity. and we are seeing that disparity, unfortunately, getting worse. back at kings road primary, the headteacher is juggling a tight budget. when the scheme was first introduced in 2020, the government heavily subsidised tutoring, with the rest coming out of school budgets. this year, schools will have to cover 75% of the cost. that means it would cost my school £35,000. will you continue with the national tutoring programme? i'm a huge advocate of the national tutoring programme. i think it's a really great incentive and it's had a big impact on the children in my school but, ...

However, only 18 of those said that they could provide face to face tutors on site. and of those 18, almost ten or 12 of them are based in london. it's more complex than it needs to be at a time when schools have got many, many other things to do. actually trying to unpick all the red tape behind getting involved is difficult. okay, henry, thank you. £208 million ring fenced for the scheme has been given back to the treasury, at a time when school budgets are tight. it's shocking. you know, the schools are crying out. gas and electricity has gone up five fold. we've had unfunded pay rises. th...