Accelerator Programme

The Accelerator programme supported cohorts of early-stage education ventures working across these issues:

• New teaching and learning approaches
• Increasing young people’s engagement in science and maths
• Mentoring and tutoring programmes
• Careers education and employability skills
• Life skills, resilience and character development
• CPD to improve teacher retention and wellbeing

Between 2014 and 2020 we supported over 70 ventures. Here are some of our highlights:

Improved business capacity

• One in five ventures has grown significantly with turnover increases of over £100,000
• Over 2,100 hours of pro-bono support provided to ventures by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS
• 84% of ventures clarified their purpose

Increased access to capital to help ventures scale

• 74% raised grants or investments following the programme
• Ventures accessed over £4.5m of social finance in total
• Over £1m invested from the Young Academy fund

Improved education outcomes for disadvantaged young people

• 153,000 young people and 9,000 educators reached
• 80% understood better how to test their social impact