This involves an individual mentor meeting with the young person at a time agreed with their carer(s) once a month for about an hour. Training is given to structure these meetings. This is a key part of the scheme. Mentored children consistently do better than any others. 

Parental involvement in a child’s education and nurture is a crucial ingredient to success. Training and educating our young leaders is not something we do for parents but with them.  As a result parents are expected to attend termly celebration dinners and to be actively involved in the work of the academy.