We catalyse models

The Cradle-to-Career Accelerator supports local partnerships of schools, trusts, and community organisations to design and deliver stronger systems of support around children.

Over three years, each partnership receives structured guidance, time to reflect, and the chance to learn from peers across the country. Together, they test new ways of joining up education, health, social care, and community resources so that children and families experience earlier, more coherent help.

This work matters because children’s lives rarely fit into neat organisational boundaries. The challenges they face—from attendance and wellbeing to access to opportunities—are complex and interconnected. Schools are uniquely placed to act as convenors, but they cannot succeed alone. The Accelerator helps them bring the wider system to the table, building trust and shared purpose across sectors.

The programme advances our mission by generating living examples of system change at place level. These sites demonstrate what coherent, connected, and consistent support looks like in practice, creating proof points that can inspire others and inform national debate. In this way, the Accelerator is both a practical engine for local improvement and a catalyst for wider change.

Languages for All is a partnership programme that connects schools with their local university to make language learning accessible to every young person.

Too often, students from underrepresented backgrounds are discouraged from pursuing languages, either because of a lack of confidence or a perception that languages “aren’t for them.” By creating structured opportunities, Languages for All helps schools open doors that might otherwise remain closed.

Through initiatives like the Global Languages Ambassador Award, residential trips, and cultural exchanges, students are immersed in real-world experiences that bring language learning to life. They build confidence, resilience, and curiosity—seeing languages not only as academic subjects, but as gateways to new cultures, relationships, and careers. Teachers and university staff work alongside one another to provide mentoring, role models, and a sense of community, showing students that these opportunities are within reach.

This programme matters because the ability to connect across cultures is both a powerful personal skill and a social good. Languages for All advances our mission by broadening horizons, raising aspirations, and giving young people from every background the chance to see themselves as part of a wider world.