Private tutoring at transition points in the English education system: its nature, extent and purpose

about tutoring before year 5, year 11 students about tutoring before year 10 and year 13
students about tutoring before year 12. This information was used to provide estimates of the
duration of tutoring received in each subject.

Year 6 responses indicated that a common pattern was for one term of tutoring: 44% maths,
44% literacy, 45% science and 47% other subjects (Table 4). A smaller proportion had
tutoring for 2-3 terms, ranging from 16% maths to 11% science. A substantial proportion had
tutoring before year 5, 28% in literacy, 27% maths, 31% science and 22% other subjects. The
preponderance of a term’s duration may be due to the timing of administration during the first
term of the final year in primary school.

Table 4. Number of terms of tutoring received by year 6 students (percentages).

Year 11 students were more likely than year 6 students to have tutoring over a longer period
than one term. In mathematics 29% and in science 30% had a tutor for one term, slightly
fewer had two or three terms (25% in mathematics and 27% science) and a smaller number

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