Our Story - The One Degree Mentoring Charity.

We grew from a charity called One Degree, made up of teachers, education specialists and professionals, which provides small-group mentoring to GCSE students in London. The charity is still running today and offers low performers personalised support and inspirational role models, encouraging them to believe in themselves and aim higher.

Over the years they have worked with over hundreds of pupils below the floor standards for educational attainment, and helped them improve their GCSE performance from 25% predicted passes to 75% actual passes. Pupils also recorded improvements in self-esteem, confidence, resilience and well-being, based on independent psychological evaluations conducted before and after each programme.

We want to bring this experience to One Degree Academy, to transform the lives of even more young people in London.