Mentoring for Excellence

You must be between the ages of 16 and 18 and have a predicted A*/A profile at GCSE on your College application (this will be checked on enrolment by actual achievement).

Benefits for Mentees

• Opportunity to improve skills, raise aspirations and develop high levels of performance
• Access to a dedicated and skilled person who can offer encouragement and inspiration
• One-to-one support
• Stimulate ideas
• Improve motivation, persistence and application
• Improve communication skills, self-esteem and confidence
• Develop skills of reflection, target setting and action planning
• Raise awareness of options available in higher education

Mentoring sessions - what do they include?

Your mentoring meetings should have an individual and personalised approach and can therefore include a wide range of activities and discussions, such as:

• Exploring and reinforcing the benefits of exceeding target grades
• Raising aspirations, for example regarding progression into top universities
• Tracking progress
• Identifying any issues blocking progress
• Providing encouragement and support, for example to improve attitudes to work
• Providing inspiration and challenge, for example through positive role models
• Developing employability skills including interview and presentation skills
• Providing the experience necessary to ease the transition from College into higher education

The Mentoring for Excellence Programme is a fantastic opportunity which many of our students have already benefitted from; don’t let it pass you by, take advantage of the chance to maximise your potential.

Get in Touch

To find out more contact Karen Ralphs kralphs@heartofyorkshire.ac.uk