It’s official: @getfurther.bsky.social is joining the Impetus portfolio as part of our new Attainment Fund!
Together we'll work to create a world where all young people, no matter their background, get the opportunities they need to thrive.
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Thank you to our college partners, funders, and supporters who made this impact possible. We’ll be sharing more insights from the report next week.
Read the full report:
We believe every young person should have the support they need to succeed in English and maths. That's why it's great to see disadvantaged students achieved more than twice the national average maths pass rate and nearly three times the national average English pass rate.
It's here! We're thrilled to share our GCSE Resit Tuition Programmes Impact Report 2021-25. Since 2021, we’ve supported 5,000+ students, partnered with 52 FE providers, and trained nearly 500 tutors.
9/ Disadvantage doesn’t stop at 16. That’s why we’re calling for the introduction of a 16–19 Student Premium, enabling colleges to invest in well-evidenced interventions like tutoring that can make our education system more equitable and help close the attainment gap.
8/ With this week’s commitment from the government to halve the attainment gap in England’s schools and funding to support the most disadvantaged students under review, we hope support for 16–19-year-olds will also be prioritised.
7/ These final two years are a critical window to help students who have fallen behind secure the gateway qualifications they need for future success.
6/ But delivering tailored support becomes even more challenging post-16. Until age 16, the Pupil Premium provides ringfenced funding targeted at improving educational outcomes for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This stops suddenly at age 16 - two years before the end of compulsory education.
5/ Further education colleges do vital work in helping young people gain these qualifications and unlock future opportunities. We are proud to work with colleges and our philanthropic partners to make small-group tutoring available to all, regardless of backgrounds.
4/ Tutoring is one of the most impactful interventions for boosting attainment, and unequal access is contributing to this country’s longstanding attainment gap - one that leaves half of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds without a standard pass in GCSE English and maths when they leave school.
3/ School- and college-based tutoring is vital to tackling the access gap, ensuring support reaches those most in need. Slightly more ‘worst-off’ pupils receive tutoring in school (22%) than their ‘best-off’ peers (19%). It is accessed more by those falling behind (27%) than those doing well (18%).
2/ Worryingly, this gap has been accompanied by a sharp drop in state-school tutoring provision. Teacher polling shows that 58% of schools have reduced their tutoring offer compared to last year.
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to have access to a tutor.
Last week, polling of secondary school pupils from @suttontrust.bsky.social revealed the gap in access to private tutoring between pupils in the worst-off households and their better-off peers remains stubborn. 🧵
Up next, a virtual Q&A with former Get Further tutee and current trustee, Naomi 💬
Our biggest ever in-person tutor upskilling event has just begun! 43 of our tutors have shown up for this seminar, which @sarahjwaite.bsky.social has kicked off with a talk about the window of opportunity for learning that exists in late adolescence, and why it's never too late to learn.
🎉100 hours of free GCSE English & maths resources now available for FE college!
Join our webinars: Maths (Mon 23 Feb, 3pm) & English (Tue 24 Feb, 3pm) to see them in action.
The webinars will be expert-led covering pedagogy, access & implementation.
Register for free via the link below 👇
College leaders, you’ve got mail 📩 Last week, our Head of GCSE Resits, Sophie, sent out letters to Principals at some of the colleges we’re particularly keen to partner with in 2026/27.
If you have received our letter, get in touch! We’d love to discuss how we could work together.
We’re now exploring working with other organisations to reduce NEET rates and unlock opportunities for young people. If you’d like to learn more or discuss a collaboration, we’d love to connect.
📧 Email our Head of Functional Skills, Annabel Richardson:
annabel.richardson@getfurther.org.uk
This month, we launched a new programme with Essex County Council (ECC), supporting young people who are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET to build confidence and skills in accessible, community-based settings as part of ECC’s Year of Opportunity.
English and maths are critical gateways to further study, training, and work. 🗝️ That’s why we’ve expanded our programmes to support young people not in full-time education or training to build English & maths skills and achieve Functional Skills Level 2.
We know one of the biggest barriers to sustained employment is missing English & maths qualifications:
📊 Young people without GCSE English & maths are 9x more likely to be NEET in the year they leave school.
📊 Those with low qualifications are 75% more likely to be NEET than the average.
New data from the Office for National Statistics this week shows that 1 in 5 young people (19.3%) not in full-time education are economically inactive.
This is a challenge we’re tackling through our Functional Skills Tuition Programme. 🧵
Our Deputy CEO, Alice Eardley, also highlighted the importance of English and maths qualifications and the need for more targeted funding to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds reach their potential.
Thanks to everyone who helped make the visit possible 👏
We were delighted to have @katedeardenmp.bsky.social visit our tuition programme at @calderdalecollege.bsky.social last week! Kate saw our tutoring in action and spoke to students about their experiences of the programme, as well as their ambitions for the future.
After hearing the Prime Minister commit to making further education a defining cause for the government in his conference speech, I made sure that one of my first actions on returning from maternity leave was to ask advisors how @getfurther.bsky.social can help.
Our new Functional Skills programme for NEET young people launches today! Working in partnership with @essex_cc as part of Essex Year of Opportunity, this programme will support young people to gain confidence. qualifications and skills in an accessible, community-based environment.
Upcoming Webinar!
🗓️Thu 4 Dec | 🕓 4–5PM GMT
Observations Reimagined: Rethinking Feedback in Colleges and Beyond
Join IRIS Connect and @getfurther.bsky.social for a free online session exploring how to make feedback more empowering, collaborative, and truly developmental.
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6/ We look forward to working with Government and our college partners to help develop and deliver high-quality, equitable post-16 English and maths education in line with these reforms.
