Our impact
Since 2012, we have monitored the effectiveness of our programmes in supporting young people to build confidence, aspiration, and workplace skills in order that they’re inspired to reengage with education and fulfil their potential.
Impact data: academic year 24 – 25
Last academic year, JET worked with 5,426 students who were selected for our programmes by our partner schools across the UK
Blue Skies sessions
Face-to-face support hours
Inspirational Outreach days
Blue Skies students
Blue Skies enrolment data 24-25
- Free School Meals / Ever6 76%
- Living /lived in care 2%
- Young carer 6%
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 25%
- SEN 42%
- Low confidence / SEL 100%
Categories not mutually exclusive
Inspirational Outreach students
Annual Report and Financial Statements
Year ended 31 August 2024
Why Social Emotional Learning matters
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds have weaker SEL skills at all stages of education than their more affluent peers, resulting in poorer mental health, lower academic attainment and poorer employment outcomes.
Prioritising Free School Meal students
- By the age of 25, only 23% of Free School Meal recipients earn above Living Wage, compared to 43.5% of all other students.
- 29% of Free School Meal recipients have no recorded earnings at age 25.
- Only 43% of students eligible for Free School Meals passed both English and maths GCSE compared to 72% of other students.
Office for National Statistics and gov.uk education statistics
SEL: data we capture 24-25
MOTIVATION
ASPIRATION
Resilience
Goal Setting
Confidence
Percentage of students showing improvements
Teacher assessments for Blue Skies 1 (24-25)
%
Resilience
%
Goal setting
%
Confidence
%
Aspiration
%
Motivation
%
Students reported by their teachers as having improved in school engagement as a direct result of Blue Skies
%
Students* reported by their teachers as having improved in behaviour as a direct result of Blue Skies
*Based on students who scored 7 or below for behaviour on their pre Blue Skies score, c.54% all Blue Skies students
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students improved academic attainment
REPORTED IMPACT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF BLUE SKIES
%
students improved attitude to learning
Browse our research
JET is committed to being at the forefront of demonstrating the impact and value of approaching youth support from an SEL starting point
Enhancing agency and empowering young people: The transformative impact of social and emotional learning programmes – ScienceDirect
This 2024 paper co-authored by the Jon Egging Trust and University of Northampton’s Institute for Social Innovation and Impact explores the importance and potential of social and emotional learning programmes on the lives of young people facing adversity.
Engaging students from a low point of educational disengagement to a high point of work readiness is possible, but for those who are struggling, a different, non-academic starting point is often needed. This is where an SEL approach is key.
Dr Emma Egging, JET Founder
Many people say that because someone comes from a poor or deprived area, we should have lower expectations on behaviour and educational attainment. Blue Skies has a different expectation of these young people and equips them to follow their dreams: a good career, university, none of it is out of their reach.
Deputy Headteacher, Blue Skies partner school, North Wales