Equipping pupils for a bright future

Over a term, our volunteer tutors work with the same group of 2-3 pupils for 60-90 minutes a week. They deliver high-quality tuition in maths and English, interwoven with resilience and confidence building activities and the option of standalone enrichment sessions.

The students we work with are from low-income backgrounds, and are at risk of leaving school without reaching their full potential. Many are low in confidence and find it difficult to engage.

Our tutoring increases their academic results, more than doubling their progress on average. It bolsters their self-worth, confidence and resilience. It builds their future learning skills. And it helps improve attendance, engagement and participation.

Carefully-chosen volunteers

Our carefully-chosen volunteer tutors come from a variety of backgrounds, but more than three-quarters are sixth-form or university students, often from the same schools or similar backgrounds to the pupils they work with.

Trusted by pupils, they provide a new dynamic to learning and in building confidence and resilience. The experience, training and mentoring tutors gain while volunteering with Team Up has huge benefits for their future too.

Our team of programme managers – who are all ex-teachers – support and train our volunteers, and develop our outstanding curricula.

Here’s a summary of how we generally set up and deliver our programme:

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The difference we make

Over 12-15 weeks, our incredible tutors on average more than double their students’ rate of academic progress, increase pupil confidence and resilience, and set them on the path to a positive future.

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What I think of Team Up...

“It’s fun, I learn a lot and it’s quieter than normal lessons. It’s boosted my vocab, the people are nice… good lesson.”

Jade, Team Up pupil

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