Education Endowment Foundation:Mentoring
Mentoring
Low impact for moderate cost based on moderate evidence
Mentoring in education involves pairing young people with an older peer or adult volunteer, who acts as a positive role model.
Implementation costThe cost estimates in the Toolkits are based on the average cost of delivering the intervention.
Evidence strengthThis rating provides an overall estimate of the robustness of the evidence, to help support professional decision-making in schools.
Impact (months)The impact measure shows the number of additional months of progress made, on average, by children and young people who received the intervention, compared to similar children and young people who did not.
+2
months