Goals: To boost young people's learning and attainment, and make them more employable
Funding: From East Manchester Education Action Zone over a three-year pilot
Contact: Steve Edwards, director of the East Manchester EAZ, 0161 223 1166
Geoff Hurst's fourth goal in England's 1966 World Cup Final triumph is still one of his country's most celebrated moments, especially as we enter another major football tournament. But it's also being used to show young people how they can make decisions under pressure and improve their results at school.
"Bobby Moore was under pressure from a German forward," recalls Steve Edwards, director of the East Manchester Education Action Zone. "He could have booted the ball into touch, passed it back to the goalkeeper or passed it to Hurst. We all know what we did."
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