QTS Data Centers commits £300k to online tutoring for Northumberland pupils
The operator, which is building a data centre at Cambois, has agreed a three-year partnership with education charity Action Tutoring covering 600 pupils in five schools.
QTS Data Centers is putting £300,000 into a three-year partnership with Action Tutoring, a national education charity, to provide online tutoring for young people in Northumberland.
The funding will pay for tutoring for 600 pupils across five local schools. QTS is building one of Europe’s largest data centres at Cambois, just north of Newcastle.
Northumberland’s education attainment gap is among the widest in the UK, with results varying according to where pupils live and their socio-economic background. Tutoring is among the best evidenced ways of narrowing that gap.
Pupils taking part will be helped to build confidence in core subjects and will receive guidance before key exams.
Up to 200 young people a year are expected to benefit. The participating schools are Bede Academy, Blyth Academy, Duke’s Secondary, Newsham Primary and Croftway Primary.
QTS Data Centers’ community impact director, Lois Duguid, said: “Cambois and the wider Northumberland area are full of students with amazing potential. As enablers of the digital economy, we believe online tutoring can make a real difference to their education and help them into the workplace.”
Action Tutoring links volunteer tutors with pupils around the country to deliver support in small groups. The charity aims to give young people who have fewer of the tools they need to do well at school the same opportunities as their peers.
Sarah Pearson, chief executive of Action Tutoring, said: “We’re delighted to partner with QTS. A three-year commitment gives us the stability to build lasting relationships with schools across Northumberland, so more pupils can gain the confidence and skills to succeed.”
The tutoring deal follows other recent community work by QTS in the North East. This includes £140,000 over three years for the Alan Shearer Foundation, a charity supporting children and adults who have complex disabilities, as well as the first Better Together Cup, organised with Mind at Blyth Spartans AFC, which united five local football clubs to support mental health.
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