You Turn Futures in partnership with Link to Change

Service

The Schools Navigator Programme is an initiative aimed at providing tailored support to young people within schools It is a preventative programme to engage with young people who are showing first signs of disengagement from education, through to those considered at risk of exclusion, whether this be behavioural issues within lessons or during the school day, truancy, absenteeism, history suspension etc.

Navigators will work within both primary and secondary education establishments. There will be a particular focus on identifying and engaging with Year 6 pupils and supporting them with their transition to secondary school in September 2025.

Operating within identified ‘hot spot’ areas of the county, this project seeks to address the diverse needs of these students through a 1-2-1, trauma-informed, complex needs approach package. Navigators will equip young people with the tools and resources necessary to develop positive behaviours, effective communication skills, resilience and improve educational outcomes and objectives.

This is a programme designed to work directly within the school setting, and navigators will be expected to embed within the safeguarding and pastoral teams within each of the identified education establishments.

Grant Funding 

£83,716.67