Teaching Personnel is an official National Tutoring Programme Tuition Partner.
On this page, you can find out the details of how we staff and manage our tuition programmes.
Who are we?
Teaching Personnel has been at the forefront of supporting schools, local authorities and pupils throughout England for over 24 years. We work with over 5,000 schools annually through our network of 260 operations staff in local offices throughout the country.
We work within mainstream settings, SEND environments and alternative provisions to supply education professionals and services. Working across all age groups, school phases and subjects, we deploy a flexible workforce for a variety of roles including 1:1 and small group tuition. We help many thousands of disadvantaged children reach their full academic potential every year.
Where do we work?
East Midlands: Nottingham, Derby, North Nottinghamshire, East Derbyshire, South Nottinghamshire, South and West Derbyshire, Leicester
South East: Berkshire, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire CC, Oxfordshire, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex CC, West Surrey, East Surrey, West Sussex (South West), West Sussex (North East), Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight, South Hampshire, Central Hampshire, North Hampshire, Medway, Kent Thames Gateway, East Kent, Mid Kent, West Kent.
London: Camden and City of London, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, Hackney and Newham, Tower Hamlets, Haringey and Islington, Lewisham and Southwark, Lambeth, Bexley and Greenwich, Barking & Dagenham and Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, Enfield, Bromley, Croydon, Merton and Kingston upon Thames and Sutton, Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames.
North East: Durham, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, South Teesside, Tyneside, Darlington, Northumberland, Sunderland.
North West: West Cumbria, East Cumbria, Warrington, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Manchester, Greater Manchester South West (Salford and Trafford), Greater Manchester South East (Stockport and Tameside), Greater Manchester North West (Bolton and Wigan), Greater Manchester North East (Bury, Oldham and Rochdale), Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Lancaster and Wyre, Mid Lancashire, East Lancashire, Chorley and West Lancashire, East Merseyside, Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral.
South West: Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire CC, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bournemouth and Poole, Dorset CC, Somerset, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Plymouth, Torbay, Devon CC.
West Midlands: Herefordshire, Worcestershire CC, Warwickshire, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire CC, Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley.
Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Humber: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North and North East Lincolnshire, York, North Yorkshire CC, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham, Sheffield, Bradford, Leeds, Calderdale and Kirklees, Wakefield.
East of England: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire CC, Suffolk, Norwich and East Norfolk, North and West Norfolk, Breckland and South Norfolk, Luton, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock, Essex Haven Gateway, West Essex, Heart of Essex, Essex Thames Gateway.
How much do sessions cost?
1:1 in person/online
Total cost for 15-hour block of tuition- £735
Cost to school of 15-hour block with subsidy applied- £183.75
1:2 in person/online
Total cost for 15-hour block of tuition- £795
Cost to school of 15-hour block with subsidy applied- £198.75
1:3 in person/online
Total cost for 15-hour block of tuition- £855
Cost to school of 15-hour block with subsidy applied- £213.75
FAQs
What types of schools can we work with?
Primary mainstream, Secondary mainstream, Alternate Provision; SEND
What modes of tutoring do we offer?
1-1 online; 1-1 in person; 1-2 online; 1-2 in person; 1-3 online, 1-3 in person
What subjects and stages do we offer?
English KS1, English KS2, English KS3, English KS4; Maths KS1, Maths KS2, Maths KS3, Maths KS4; Science KS1, Science KS2, Science KS3, Science KS4; Humanities KS3, Humanities KS4; Modern Foreign Languages KS3, Modern Foreign Languages KS4.
How many schools can we work with?
13,300 pupils in up to 977 schools.
Who are our tutors?
Fully Qualified Teachers; Newly Qualified Teachers; Subject Specialist Graduates and Experienced Learning Support Assistants. All tutors have school based experience.
How do we recruit our tutors?
Our comprehensive tutor recruitment process involves the following steps:
- Initial application form
- Pre-screening call
- In-depth interview
- Enhanced DBS/DBS Update Service record
- Overseas criminal records check (where relevant)
- Barred List check
- Reference and career history checks
- Identification and Right to Work check
- Qualifications check
- A medical declaration form is completed
How do we train our tutors?
Tutors are required to complete “The Tutor Toolkit”, a CPD Accredited training course developed by Best Practice Network. Comprised of six modules the course covers a range of topics and offers practical tools for delivering high-impact tuition. Every tutor will also have completed Level 2 or above safeguarding training.
How will we communicate with you?
You will be assigned a specialist Tuition Manager who is contactable during school hours. Throughout each programme Tuition Managers will meet you (in-school or online) to discuss progress. As well as regular updates, our programme management portal ‘LEAP‘ will play a key role in communication, evaluation and reporting.
How will we keep track of pupil progress?
Before tuition begins, we will use an online assessment tool to uncover learning gaps for each pupil. After every tuition session, tutors will provide you with feedback followed by an end of block assessment. All of this information is visible at any time on our programme management portal LEAP.
At Perranporth School, through working with Teaching Personnel, we've found the National Tutoring Programme to be a highly beneficial and effective way of supporting our pupils to both catch up and recover lost learning due to the Covid-19 school closures. A number of our most vulnerable pupils are now receiving targeted teaching sessions which are bespoke to their individual needs and barriers to learning. The setup process was very easy and due to the government subsidy, the programme is also incredible value. The NTP is making a positive impact on our pupils and really helping us to get their learning back on track.
Alistair Johnson - Headteacher at Perranporth CP School, Cornwall