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IntoUniversity Impact Report 2025

IntoUniversity runs local learning centres across the UK, providing long-term academic support and university access programmes for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Their 2025 Impact Report records 61,000 students supported, with 60% of alumni progressing to Higher Education compared to 28% nationally, and the landmark milestone of reaching their 250,000th student.

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Academic support, mentoring, FOCUS workshops, university visits, student opportunities, adult and family learning pilot

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 61,000 students supported across 429 partner schools with 2,025 volunteers
Key Metric 2 60% of IntoUniversity alumni progressed to Higher Education vs 28% of students from similar backgrounds nationally
Key Metric 3 250,000th student milestone reached in 2025

Key Outcomes

  • 23% of alumni progressed to a top third university vs 5% of students from similar backgrounds nationally
  • Students who regularly attend Academic Support make 3 months additional progress in KS2 Maths (FFT Education Datalab)
  • 92% of teachers report students know more about university; 88% of parents report increased confidence in their child

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
Key Metric 3
373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025
0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
Key Metric 2
Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
Key Metric 3
Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni