The Mohn Westlake Foundation is pleased to support Get Further to provide tuition for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are retaking their GCSE English and maths.

Every year, 1 in 3 students in England leave school without a standard pass (grade 4 or above) in GCSE English and maths. This rises to more than half of students from disadvantaged backgrounds (Department for Education, 2023). Without these qualifications, young people are significantly more likely to drop out of education and are locked out of key professions, apprenticeships, and university courses.

Get Further exists to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds in further education to secure gateway English and maths qualifications that unlock opportunities and set them up to thrive in education and training, the workplace and in life.

Get Further is proud to be the only non-profit tutoring organisation working exclusively in the further education (FE) sector. It focuses its efforts here because the FE sector supports disproportionately disadvantaged cohorts, and yet the sector is typically underserved by educational interventions. Get Further is committed to working with colleges to provide students who cannot afford private tuition with access to its programme for free, ensuring that a student’s background is never a barrier to receiving the tailored support they need to succeed.

So far, the Mohn Westlake Foundation have supported more than 3,000 students to take part in Get Further’s tuition programmes. After attending one term of tuition, their pass rates are 77% higher for GCSE English and 70% higher for GCSE maths, enabling them to access a wider range of employment opportunities and thrive in life.

To learn more about this project, please visit the grantees website: getfurther.org.uk

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