Our impact
Our impact
Our impact on placement at top universities
We support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university.
In 2022…
- The Access Project students that placed at a top university 53%
- Statistically similar students outside of our programme 33%
Our students were more likely to apply to top universities
- The Access Project students that applied to a top university 93%
- Statistically similar students outside of our programme 58%
- The Access Project students that got offers from a top university 82%
- Statistically similar students outside of our programme 51%
Our students are almost twice as likely to place at a top university, compared to statistically similar students.
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The benefit of support from The Access Project is that I have more motivation than ever to achieve good grades in my exams.
Bruno, The Access Project student
Our work in 2021/22
hours of tutoring
hours of mentoring
partner schools
Our students
Going to a top university gives students the best chance of social mobility. However, students from the areas in which we work are significantly under-represented at these top universities.
students took part in our programme during 2021/22
%
of our young people come from the most disadvantaged backgrounds
%
of students said that their tutor was knowledgeable, well prepared and addressed their academic needs
%
of students said that tutorials helped motivate them and boosted their confidence communicating online
%
of our students would recommend The Access Project
No one has attended university in my family before, and my parents can’t provide me with the information and advice I might need in terms of how to find out more about finance and other things relating to my journey to university. My Access Project Officer is understanding and well informed, he always provides me with support and shows care for my studies and helps me with personalised one-to-one.
Millie*, The Access Project student
Our Impact report 2023
Impact news
“We are determined to ensure that all students have access to the same educational opportunities” – Our response to the NEON Report
In their recently published report, ‘Universities not for everyone: levelling up and who is missing out on higher education in England’, NEON highlights stark inequalities in opportunity between students in receipt of free school meals (FSM) living in different...
Mentorship for University Access: Our mentoring model
"Mentoring is a helping relationship based on an exchange of knowledge, experience, and goodwill." - David Clutterbuck, 2019At The Access Project, these words resonate at the core of our university readiness program, where mentoring takes centre stage. In this week’s...
What is impactful mentoring? Widening access for higher education
At The Access Project, we pride ourselves on delivering impactful, individualised mentoring, working in partnership with schools to deliver a programme that builds students’ university readiness. With 15 years of experience, we believe strongly in the power of expert...
“It is a critical time to be working on the frontlines of reducing educational inequality” – Our response to The Education Policy Institute and Nesta report
In their report Education: the fundamentals - Eleven facts about the education system in England, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Nesta highlight increasing gaps between students from advantaged backgrounds and their less advantaged peers. The report...
“I was homeless as a child, now I want to be Prime Minister” – Ras.I’s journey with The Access Project
As a toddler, Ras.I and his mum were left homeless in inner-city London. Now a finalist at the University of Oxford, Ras.I is ready to make a difference - and help change the lives of young people just like him. Ras.I Martin was born in 2001 in Stratford. "My...
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Contact information
The Access Project,
First Floor, Canopi-Borough,
7-14 Great Dover Street,
London,
SE1 4YR
020 4513 5999
info@theaccessproject.org.uk
Media enquiries:
line: 020 4513 5999 (available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm)
media@theaccessproject.org.uk
The Access Project safeguarding line: 020 4513 5999 (available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm)
NSPCC 24 hour line:
0808 800 5000