Education - mentoring schemes
Learning mentors provide an additional service to teachers and pastoral staff in schools to help children overcome barriers to learning, both inside and outside the school, and to achieve their full potential.
Mentoring is a relationship between a young person and an adult that will provide the young person with:
- Consistent support
- Guidance and assistance
- Opportunities to access important non-judgemental adult advice
- Opportunities for the adult to share their knowledge, skills and life experiences-thus providing a positive role model
Through the DfES Aim Higher/Excellence Challenge programme schools can obtain the services of mentors.