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Impact Report 2025/26

Gateways' 2025/26 Impact Report covers the London-based charity's work as the community's only Jewish alternative education provision, supporting young people with social, emotional and mental health challenges including Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA). The charity supported 70 students in the last year, saw a 20% rise in demand, and achieved an 89% pass rate across qualifications, with attendance rising from 45% to 85% over the year. Wellbeing therapy, enrichment and careers support underpin its holistic model.

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About

Alternative education for young people with social, emotional and mental health challenges, including EBSA support; small-group teaching across academic and vocational courses; one-to-one and art therapy; enrichment, gym and social programmes; careers guidance and work experience; new sixth form provision

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 70 students supported in the last year; 800 supported since launch in 2014
Key Metric 2 20% growth in students supported; 31 students graduated with 100+ qualifications between them
Key Metric 3 89% pass rate across all qualifications; attendance rose from 45% on entry to 85% by Summer Term

Key Outcomes

  • 100% of leavers said they would recommend Gateways to a student in a similar situation
  • 500+ hours of therapy delivered per year; 93% of students engaged in enrichment activities
  • 20 students from the 2025 leaver cohort moved into positive destinations including apprenticeships, college and employment

Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
Key Metric 3
373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025
0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
Key Metric 2
Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
Key Metric 3
Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
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Key Metric 1
851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni