Zahawi to overhaul Covid catchup tutoring after criticism of provider

New figures show schools, not the private tutoring provider Randstad, have undertaken most of the catchup tutoring for learning lost during the Covid pandemic. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

The national tutoring programme is to be overhauled after criticism of the catchup scheme for schools in England, with the education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, promising further changes, including shifting funding towards headteachers.

Zahawi said he was transferring £65m away from the NTP, including from Randstad, the Dutch service provider, to schools, in an address at the annual conference of the Association of School and College leaders.