The college doesn't employ youth workers but relies instead on mentors and vocational tutors to teach mainly 14- to 16-year-olds who are in danger of leaving education without any qualifications.
While youth workers may not be present in the classroom, the curriculum the college applies should be familiar to many readers. It uses UK Youth's Youth Achievement Awards to help young people re-engage with learning by letting them study at their own pace and work to goals set around their personal interests.
At the 7KS South Park Enterprise College, where the scheme was piloted, this approach has proved a big success - so much so that the government has awarded UK Youth more than £4m to expand the programme to 10 more areas.
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