Funding £525 from Rathbone
Aim To help struggling students get back on track
A girl whose hopes of becoming a nursery nurse were on the ropes has turned her life around after attending a project run by charity Rathbone.
The Lancashire Education Alternative Provision programme, known as Leap, is a training programme designed for young people in Year 11, experiencing difficulties in their mainstream education.
Tess Hayes, from Chorley, was struggling in class at Southlands High School and had started missing school. At one point she was missing up to two days per week through truanting so teachers referred her to Rathbone, which specialises in helping struggling students get back on track. Now the 15-year-old is making progress with her studies thanks to the project.
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