Almost one in two children in London have a home tutor, figures reveal

Children in London are twice as likely to receive private tuition than those in the rest of the country, new research will reveal.

Some 44 per cent of London children admitted having had a home tutor, compared with 22 per cent of those outside the capital.

The London figure has rocketed by 10 percentage points in the past decade, raising fears that poorer children are being left behind. The Sutton Trust has surveyed 2,500 young people about their education every year since 2005 and the latest results, to be published tomorrow, show how private tuition in London has spread. In 2005, 34 per cent of London pupils aged 11 to 16 said they had a private tutor.

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