Tuition Partners will detail robust processes and systems that are in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Confirmation that data will not be processed outside the UK (except for International Tutors).
Information we are looking for:
- List of countries personal data will be processed in by the Tuition Partner
- The Tuition Partner’s ICO registration number
- Contact details of a designated Data Protection Officer
- The Tuition Partners data protection policy
- Any policies or procedures on dealing with data breaches
No, the invoicing frequency referenced in clause 16 of the draft Tuition Partner Agreement has been structured to facilitate organisations of all sizes and from across the sector to be able to join the program and provide high quality tuition.
Open Access is a commercial process used to create a panel of organisations that are approved to deliver services. In the case of NTP, this framework will consist of tutoring organisations who will be eligible to provide subsidised tutoring to schools from the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
Under the NTP Open Access scheme, a set of criteria are used to define standards. Each standard must be met for an organisation to be admitted to the framework. Organisations that can evidence that they meet all the standards, are admitted onto the framework to be eligible to provide tutoring through the NTP, as a Tuition Partner.
Open Access is a more flexible approach and better meets the needs of this particular programme. A “regular” tender competition would only enable us to admit tutoring organisations to apply at one point in the programme (or predefined fixed points).
An Open Access scheme enables us to set the standard for a tutoring organisation to be accredited and then open the application window as frequently as is required by the programme, including opening windows for specific regions. This way we can make sure that we have enough Tuition Partners and tutors to deliver the NTP.
Yes, we will share a Microsoft word document with all the questions, and details of documents you will need to have ready to submit. This document will be available to you if your organisation passes the five initial questions asked when you start your application on the platform.
You must read the Open Access Scheme guidance in full available here, before starting the NTP application process for Tuition Partners. The criteria including the standard thresholds are set out in the guidance. You will need to read the guidance to make sure you provide the required information and documentation when answering the questions.
Please refer to the guidance here, accreditation criteria number 9.Tuition Partners will be expected to submit costs in line with the £22.31 per hour per pupil average. If Tuition Partners are submitting costs above the value for money benchmark your organisation will need evidence that the cost submitted is value for money for the tutoring delivered.
The Self Service Bulk Upload process is accessed from the Community Home Page for Tuition Partners where you will find links to 5 Bulk Upload Templates for Tutors, Pupils, Orders, Order Packages & Timesheets.
This is a reference document for restricted fields within the upload templates. It should be referenced before populating data to avoid errors in the upload process.
The Templates are in a.csv format and can be opened using Excel, Google Sheets etc.
