At EST Education, we offer a 1-1 mentoring programme which supports children and young people who are unable to manage in mainstream education. Our service promotes and supports emotional wellbeing and empowers our young people to feel happier, healthier and more able to cope with life’s challenges.

Using the national curriculum, various pathways and our own assessments, we create tailored, individualised interventions and learning plans, which support each child to develop essential skills such as resilience, confidence, improved mental health, and keeping safe; extending our focus beyond just academic achievements.

All of our staff are trained in trauma-informed practice; we adopt a nurturing, supportive approach, remembering that our students “can’t, not won’t” attend school. Support is carefully considered for each student, who is then matched with a highly skilled and experienced mentor based on their individual need(s).

Through our practice, we also address the current social and health inequalities within Salford, using the theory of social prescribing to support improved mental health, maximise opportunities for physical activity and promoting access to further support, once our support ends and children are able to access school independently.

Daily Session Example Timetable:

08.30:

Student is collected from home address, school or wherever else agreed at referral

08.45-09.15:

Breakfast (statistics show that often breakfast is missed by young people so this is something all children get as standard prior to any learning session)

09.30-10.15:

RSE/resilience/self-esteem work/mental wellbeing/Life Skills//restorative practice/Life Skills/grooming and coercion

10.30 - 11.15:

Enrichment (please see our gallery for examples of our enrichment programme)

11.30:

Student is dropped off at school/home/school dependant on progress