Teach First, which recruits high-achieving graduates to teach in disadvantaged areas, has been running the mentoring scheme, called the Higher Education Access Programme for Schools (Heaps), for the past four years.
For this latest round, around 230 students will benefit from the support of the mentors.
To qualify, students must have a minimum of six B grades at GCSE, have no parental history of attending higher education and be eligible for free school meals or educational maintenance allowance.
Those on the programme gain access to a four-day residential course at Cambridge University and online support.
Teach First's director of ambassadors Sarah Connor said: "We live in a society where parental income is still the biggest indicator of what you will achieve and where you will end up. It’s a world where more privileged students progress to university and less privileged students do not. Heaps recognises that the focus of this relationship is to enable the students to make informed choices about their future."
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