Tutor Trust Impact Report 2024/2025 - Report - Page 20
Our tutors
This year our 285 tutors delivered 23,050 hours
of inspiring tutoring to pupils across our regions.
Our tutoring pool
re昀氀ects who we
work with
We know that pupils respond best to
tutors who they can relate to, so we’re
continuously striving to re昀氀ect the
communities we work with. We’re clear
about this when we recruit, actively
encouraging applications from those with
lived experience of social disadvantage
or marginalisation, and placing our
social impact goals front and centre.
This year, 45% of our tutors told us
that they had a similar lived experience
to the young people we support.
Being a tutor has helped me
build con昀椀dence, 昀椀nd passion in
work, and develop transferable
skills. For the pupils, I think it offers
them a safe space where they can
get focused attention, while building
a relationship with them helps them
feel recognised as not just a student,
but a person. Asha White, Tutor
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Why we pay our tutors
Our tutors are predominantly
undergraduates, and many are from
socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
Paying them for their time and skills
recognises the transformative impact
they have on young people’s lives,
while providing a pathway for
students to contribute meaningfully
to their communities.
Our tutors are self-employed, meaning
they can choose how many hours they
work, and organise tutoring with us
around other commitments.
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advance-he.ac.uk/
knowledge-hub/
student-academicexperiencesurvey-2025
According to a recent survey by Advance
HE, 68% of students work part-time to
fund their studies18, often in low paid
roles requiring long hours which detract
from their studies. This is especially
common for students facing 昀椀nancial
challenges, many of whom cannot a昀昀ord
to volunteer. We want great students as
tutors, regardless of their backgrounds.
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This helps us to attract people who
understand why we do what we do.
When asked why they want to tutor with
us, more than half of tutors said they
wanted to support their local community.
Applicants were
motivated by:
57%
Supporting
local community
51%
Transferable
skills
74%
Flexible
work
