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How our pupils are benefitting from online and face-to-face tutoring

Posted by: Elaine Williams, Posted on: 2 June 2021 - Categories: Curriculum
Academic mentor working with a young boy on phonics

Deputy Head Elaine Williams explains how her school have made use of the government-funded National Tutoring Programme to target individual pupil needs, making sure that the children whose learning has been most disrupted by lockdown get the support they need.

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