
Social Mobility & Widening Participation
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Increasing access to ‘top’ universities for ‘top’ pupils through a collaborative, cross-sector approach. The year 12-13 Elephant Access Programme is delivered by The Elephant Group partner schools, to support academically able students’ aspirations, attainment, and applications into top universities.
King's Widening Participation partner with The Elephant Group to support the delivery of their access programme to year 12-13 pupils. This includes hosting events on our campus, delivering academic taster or information and guidance sessions and sharing knowledge and insight with school leaders.
The programme helps pupils better prepare to make their university applications and their educational aspirations a reality.
In September 2021, 54% of the Elephant Access cohorts across London, Yorkshire and the East Midlands enrolled at a ‘top’ university.
Year 12-13 pupils attending non-selective state schools who are identified by their teachers as being in the top.
King's partner with the The Elephant Group London Hub who work with the following schools:
As a head teacher-led programme, the programme is mainly schools-based. Some events are hosted on university campuses like King’s.
Visit the Elephant Group website for further information. Year 12 pupils are recruited in their first term via their school.
If you are an interested teacher, please contact outreachformedicine@kcl.ac.uk
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For supporters of children attending non-selective state schools.
Who our Social Mobility & Widening Participation teams work with.