Retired teachers are being asked for 45 minutes a week — to get vulnerable teenagers through their GCSEs

Lumina Tutoring, a national one-to-one online programme, is appealing for retired maths and English teachers to volunteer 45 minutes a week tutoring looked-after children — young people in care — who are preparing for GCSE exams. The need is sharp: around four in five students who retake GCSE English or maths after 16 still don't reach a grade 4 pass, and looked-after children face some of the largest attainment gaps in the system. Volunteers get all lesson resources, training and ongoing support. Among those already tutoring is Dr Bill Dalton, a retired head of mathematics at Harrow School, who says being inspired by a teacher is what brought him back to teach.

SDG 4 · Quality education — Mechanism: community action