Dear Croydon Borough Council,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information regarding the provision of tutoring in schools within your local authority. Specifically, I am seeking data related to the funding allocated for tutoring services, budgets, expenditures, procurement processes, eligibility criteria for receiving tutoring support, and an organisation chart detailing individuals involved within education services.

Below are the details of the information I am requesting:
1. Provision of Funding for Young People's Tutoring (Spreadsheet attached to fill out details):
Does your local authority provide funding for young people’s tutoring? If so, please indicate all applicable options from the following:
• Option a) Yes, we operate our own virtual school that also provides tutoring.
• Option b) Yes, we fund enrolment into one or more external virtual schools.
• Option c) Yes, we provide additional funding for mainstream schools targeted for tutoring or individual catch-up.
• Option d) Yes, we pay one or more tutoring providers directly.
• Option e) Yes, we provide funding to parents for them to buy tutoring or other learning support.
• Option f) Yes, we provide funding for tutoring but in a different fiscal year.
• Option h) No, we do not provide funding for tutoring.

For each applicable option, please provide the following information:
• Funding details for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23 (and FY 2023-24 if available)
• Total expenditure on tutoring for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23 (and FY 2023-24 if available)
• Total number of young people served or enrolled for each fiscal year
• Budget allocation for FY 2024-25 (or FY 2023-24 if FY 2024-25 information is unavailable)

For Option d), please additionally provide:
• Details of the procurement process for tutoring providers
• Names of tutoring providers used in FY 2022-23
• Amount spent with each tutoring provider in FY 2022-23

2. Total Amount Spent on Tutoring:
• Total amount spent by the local authority on tutoring (excluding normal spend from schools / the Delegated Schools Grant) for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23 (and FY 2023-24 if available)
• Number of young people benefiting from tutoring for each fiscal year

3. Eligibility Criteria for Tutoring Support:
Categories of young people eligible to receive tutoring support when provided directly by the local authority (Options d or e in Question 1):
• Young people enrolled in Virtual Schools
• Looked-after children.
• Children excluded from mainstream education.
• Elective home educated children.
• Learners eligible for pupil premium
• Children in alternative provision settings
• Children with English as an additional language (EAL)
• Asylum seekers
• Youth offenders after release
• Young people aged 16-25 years.
• Individuals who apply for support
• Young people identified by their school as needing catch-up support.
• Other (please specify)
If there are additional categories or sub-categories pertinent to your local authority, please feel free to specify them.

4. Live Tenders Related to Tutoring:
• Details of any live tenders related to tutoring or areas detailed in Question 3
• Renewal dates for live tenders and their advertisement locations
• Any tenders where the local authority had to go off-contract to fulfill needs, with contact information for further inquiries.

I understand that some data may not be readily available, and I appreciate your efforts to provide as much information as possible within the confines of the law.

Please provide the requested information in a digital format within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days, as stipulated by the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

If you require any clarification regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact me via email or phone.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Bartley Hilliam