External evaluation of the Represent programme: report for the National Literacy Trust

Corcoran, Su Lyn, Davies, Lucy E, McGahan, Jennifer and Wilson-Thomas, Juliette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-4695 (2023) External evaluation of the Represent programme: report for the National Literacy Trust. Project Report. Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Abstract

NLT’s Represent programme aimed to address the comparatively lower chances of educational achievement of excluded girls and their greater vulnerability to exploitation, grooming, violence, or engaging in criminal behaviour. Excluded girls often have chaotic lives, live in poverty and are less likely to have access to professionals that might provide the stability and support required for sustained engagement with positive role models1. In total, 265 education settings registered their interest in delivering the Represent programme with NLT and received the resource pack required for delivering sessions for 368 groups of students. Of these, at least 822 schools participated in one or more aspects of the evaluation project. The evaluation of the Represent programme sets out to understand five key questions using a mixed-methods approach to explore the complexities of the girls’ experiences, and how the programme has helped to connect the problems around attendance with pathways to future capabilities and wellbeing.