The proportion of secondary school pupils taking private tuition has increased
Research conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Sutton Trust has found that a larger proportion of pupils in 2011 say they have received private tuition than in 2005.
A recent Ipsos poll of secondary school pupils has found that the number of pupils receiving private tuition has increased despite a squeeze on family finances through the recession.
The survey of 2,739 pupils aged 11-16 was conducted using Ipsos’s Young People Omnibus on behalf of the Sutton Trust. A summary outline document and tables of the data can be found below, along with further information about the methodology behind the Young People Omnibus.
Further information about the Young People Omnibus:
- The Young People Omnibus is conducted by Ipsos every year
- For the 2010/11 omnibus, 2,739 interviews were conducted among school children aged 11-16 in England and Wales
- Pupils were selected from a random sample of schools drawn from the Edubase database (a database of schools maintained by the Department for Education)
- Self-completion questionnaires were completed at school between 23 January and 15 April 2011
- Results are based on all pupils in England and Wales, unless otherwise stated
- Data has been weighted by age, gender and region to match the profile of school children across England and Wales
- An asterisk (*) represents a value of less than half a per cent, but not zero
- Where results do not sum to 100%, this is due to multiple responses or computer rounding.
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