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The Access Project Impact Report 2024/25

The Access Project supports young people from under-resourced backgrounds to access top universities through mentoring, tutoring and coaching. Their 2024/25 impact report records 2,756 students supported, with 245 Year 13s placed at a top university and UCAS-verified evidence that their students are 50% more likely to attend a top university than similar peers.

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Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 2,756 young people supported; 91% eligible for Pupil Premium
Key Metric 2 245 Year 13 students placed at a top university — up from 232 in 2023/24
Key Metric 3 Students 50% more likely to attend top universities than demographically similar peers (UCAS verified)

Key Outcomes

  • 96% of students received a university offer; 53% placed at a top university vs 32% in control group
  • 29,719 hours of tutorials delivered; 1,952 students improved knowledge across 658 workshops
  • Social mobility at its lowest point in 50 years — students from lower socio-economic backgrounds 4x more likely to become socially mobile if attending university

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440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
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140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
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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)
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55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
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45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
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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
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91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
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Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
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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
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851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
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27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
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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