One child in five has a private tutor

One in five Key Stage 2 pupils in England has private tuition.
A government-funded survey found that 19 per cent of children in years five and six had some private tuition - not including music and sports lessons.
Even at Key Stage 1, nearly one child in ten has some private academic tuition.
Numeracy and literacy are the most common subjects for private tuition. Most children were having weekly sessions of one hour, but some had several sessions a week and a few have daily private tutoring sessions.
Families with high incomes are most likely to arrange private tutoring for their children. Children whose parents have incomes over £50,000 a year are more than twice as likely to have private tuition as children whose parents earn less than £25,000.
The average cost per hour of a one to one tutoring session was £21.19 for numeracy and £23.92 for literacy.
Private tuition: survey of parents and carers