Improving the academic attainment of young people in Lambeth (360G-Walcot-0061E00001L7XbCQAV)

The programme includes two university residentials and monthly 1:1 coaching for low-income Lambeth resident pupils, starting towards the end of Year 10 and working with them through to the end of Year 11. The aim is that students leave the programme with the skills, knowledge, grades, and self-belief to achieve their potential and move out of disadvantage; they can make more informed decisions about their future and are equipped with the grades to fulfil these decisions. The project will partner with Lambeths secondary schools for a year-long programme that will include a week-long summer residential at Jesus College, University of Oxford, followed by a Spring residential, also at Jesus College, which will focus on GCSE revision. Participants will receive online, monthly, one-to-one coaching with trained Universify volunteers, starting on the summer programme and running up to the completion of their GCSEs in July. Volunteers are current or recent university graduates. The Lambeth schools currently applying to the programme on behalf of students are Trinity Academy, Lambeth Academy, The Norwood School and St Martins-in-the-Fields High School.