Year 7 pupils from Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West were recently trained as mentors by Future First.
The mentor-mentee relationship is a very special one, we often think of the mentee getting all the benefits of being mentored, but this is not the case. The Future First mentoring programmes place equal emphasis on both sides of the relationship.
Former state students across the South West aim to motivate current students to career confidence and academic success by going back to their old schools in a campaign to build an alumni network in every school and college in the region.
Back to School Week is taking place this week (6-10 March). It is run by the national education charity Future First, and is taking place in state...
