Students in 350 Western Australian public schools are set to receive additional targeted literacy and numeracy support, with Small Group Tuition to be rolled out to help address learning gaps of students.
WA Education Minister, Sabine Winton, today announced the public schools selected for the rollout of Small Group Tuition, with a total of $21.8 million committed to the initiative over two years.
The Minister said the initiative will help to address the specific learning gaps of up to 13,000 students in need of additional support with literacy and numeracy, while also reducing complexity and workload for their regular classroom teachers.
“I value our strong teaching workforce and know how crucial it is for them to focus on teaching their students,” said Minister Winton.
“This initiative will help to improve outcomes for students in need of additional support with literacy and numeracy – skills we know are important for school and life beyond the classroom.
“It will also help to reduce the workload of teachers in managing interventions for students with significant literacy and numeracy learning support needs.
“I look forward to seeing how these 350 schools benefit from this important initiative.”
The Minister said that as part of the initiative, Small Group Tuition teachers will plan and deliver evidence-based interventions that help to address the specific literacy and numeracy support needs of identified students.
Their work will include undertaking a plan for students, implementing processes to monitor student progress, reporting student progress and achievement to classroom teachers, parents and caregivers, and maintaining regular communication with classroom teachers.
The funding is being provided through a landmark agreement with the Federal Government that will deliver an estimated additional $1.6 billion in funding from 2025 to 2029 for WA’s public school system.Â
The rollout and impact of the new support for schools will be monitored by the Workload Intensification Taskforce.
