Mentoring in Medway to support 14 19 success

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Mentoring in Medway to support 14 19 success
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Medway context
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• Medway population 249,488
• Age 0 19 (Medway) 27.4
• compared with
• age 0 19 (SE England) 24.6
• Population statistics source 2001 Census
• Secondary schools 19
• of which
• Aimhigher target schools 13

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• In 2000
• Graduates in Medway made up 3.8 of the
  population, compared to 7.2 nationally
• 26.07 of young people lt age of 20 were accepted
  into higher education (35.95 from SE England as
  a whole).
• HE statistics source UCAS

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Education context
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High educational standards and well-being go
hand in hand. Pupils cant learn and thrive if
they dont feel safe, or if health problems are
allowed to create barriers. Conversely, doing
well in education is the most effective way out
of poverty and disaffection.
DfES
2003 Every Child Matters
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Mentoring in Medway

• Three groups of mentors working with students
  aged 14 19
• Undergraduate mentors
• Link mentors
• Aimhigher Learning Mentors

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All mentors undergo training ..

• Aimhigher Learning Mentors receive 5-day
  National Induction Training (20 CAT points).
• Undergraduate link mentors receive 1 day of
  training (leading to OCN level 3).

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• Training for all mentors includes child
  protection issues
• All mentors are CRB checked

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Who are the Aimhigher target students?

• 14 19 year olds across Medway who
• have the potential to achieve
• 5 A - C grades at GCSE or equivalent, or
• 2 or more A levels or equivalent
• come from families with little or no history of
  higher education
• come from areas of deprivation
• (using post code data), or are
• eligible for free school meals.

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• Aimhigher target students may
• have inconsistent / irregular attendance
• have a history of fixed term exclusions
• have emotional / behaviour problems
• lack confidence/lack of self esteem
• have difficult personal or social circumstances
• have special or additional educational needs
• have a need to develop a positive relationship
  with adults/ peers
• be disengaged from education
• not be achieving full potential

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Aimhigher mentors

• work with students to
• Keep them engaged with their learning
• Provide help with study skills, revision
  techniques, time management, etc
• Raise students aspirations
• Advise on progression pathways
• Encourage students to progress to further and
  higher education

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Be Healthy

• Learning Mentors can contribute by
• Promoting healthy lifestyles
• Encouraging students to make positive choices
• Developing confidence and self-esteem
• Supporting pupils regarding mental health issues
• Building resilience with pupils
• Supporting pupils regarding bereavement and loss
• Referring when needed for multi-agency links

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Enjoy and Achieve

• Learning mentors can contribute by
• Supporting learning and participation
• Supporting engagement with school
• Working with EWS to support attendance
• Providing study support and study skills
  programmes
• Encouraging attendance at taster sessions and
  master classes run by local HEIs
• Running homework clubs / summer schools
• Providing support for transfer and transition
• Attendance at Parents Evenings and Open Days

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Stay Safe

• Learning mentors can contribute by
• Providing a positive role model
• Discouraging bullying and anti-social behaviour
• Contributing to drugs education
• Encouraging students to make positive choices
• Referring child protection issues
• Referring to school teaching and support staff
  for multi-agency linkage

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Achieving Economic Well-being

• Learning mentors can contribute by
• Removing barriers to learning
• Raising motivation and aspirations
• Encouraging exam success/qualifications
• Providing programmes to help students prepare for
  FE, HE and employment
• Arranging visits to local FE and HE providers
• Providing study skills programmes

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Making a Positive Contribution

• Learning mentors can contribute by
• Encourage voluntary work within and out of school
  
• Providing programmes to develop confidence and
  self-esteem
• Encouraging peer support programmes
• Developing programmes to enable students to
  support the environment and their communities

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Link Mentoring
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Link mentoring

• Undergraduates are trained
• as mentors
• Undergraduates mentor
• sixth form/senior pupils in schools
• Sixth form/senior pupils mentor younger pupils

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Link mentoring

• The programme consists of six structured but
  flexible sessions focusing on study skills,
  student finance and the UCAS application
• Mentors completing successful portfolios can gain
  OCN accreditation to level 3
• Mentees completing successful portfolios can gain
  OCN accreditation level 2 credits

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Outcomes
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Reported outcomes from mentors, mentees and
teachers

• Less disruptive
• Improved attendance
• Improved punctuality
• Higher motivation
• Higher self esteem
• More confident
• Staying on in education post 16

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Student feedback

• All students sampled were meeting their mentor
  regularly
• 90 rated their mentor as very helpful 10 as
  helpful
• All students had more knowledge of higher
  education issues
• All students felt more confident

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