SWIIS Tutoring Service

SWIIS Tutoring Service is a professional service which provides home tutors to work with Looked After Children. We work closely with SWIIS Foster Care to ensure our tutors have a full understanding of working with Looked After Children.

The principle aim of this service is to assist local authorities to raise attainment levels and promote achievement at all levels of educational ability of children in the care system. We are committed to narrowing the educational gap between children in care and their peers and encouraging Looked After Children to have high aspirations.

The process of identification and selection of children and young people who require our services will be managed by Local Authority LAC Education Teams in conjunction with Local Authority Social Workers.

The tutors will be carefully matched to the children / young people, taking into account the needs of each individual child. Each tutor will liaise with school staff
to ensure a co-ordinated approach and will provide interesting lessons, thereby motivating and engaging the young people.

The service will be closely monitored by the SWIIS Tutoring Manager to supervise and evaluate the work provided by tutors and to ensure positive outcomes. The Children and Young Persons views would be part of
this process.

    All tutors
  • have enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Checks
  • are registered with the General Teaching Council
  • carry identity cards
  • have specialist subject knowledge
The service would benefit young people in the Looked After system:-
  • who need a period of intensive support prior to taking external examinations (SATs, GCSEs, A/S and A’ levels)
  • who are not making expected academic progress but are likely to respond to one to one tuition
  • who are at risk of not reaching the expected national standards of attainment
  • who are struggling to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills
  • who are classed as high achievers or as gifted and talented.

Our tutors are carefully matched to the children taking into account their needs. Each tutor will liase with school staff to enable a co-ordinated approach and will provide interesting lessons to motivate and engage the young person.