Insight Programme for local partner schools

Insight is a 4-year programme to support high-potential students from local partner schools. The programme develops awareness of higher education and improves academic skills and attainment through a series of visit days, workshops and one-to-one tutoring.

What the Insight Programme offers

We work with pupil premium students in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and the Fenlands.

The programme runs from Year 8 to Year 11. Activities take place online and in-person at schools or on visits to Cambridge.

We run workshops, conferences and theme days to help students to:

• build study skills
• explore academic subjects
• support career planning

Students are given one-to-one tutoring in Maths, English, or Science. This helps to boost GCSE attainment and build confidence through personalised support. 

The programme also has a sustainability theme. We run activities to help embed environmental awareness and action throughout the programme. We do this in partnership with Cambridge Zero, a collaborative University initiative responding to the climate crisis.

Aims of the Insight Programme

The main aims of the programme are to develop participants':

• knowledge and awareness of the benefits of higher education 
• capacity to navigate the Higher Education sector and make informed choices
• study skills, academic confidence and attainment through:
  • oracy workshops 
  • team activities 
  • online tutoring 

The main aims of the programme are linked to the Know, Choose and Practise pillars of the Network for Evaluating and Researching University Participation Initiatives (NERUPI) framework.

Who can take part?

The Insight Programme is open to high-potential students from our partner schools. Students are nominated by their teachers to participate in the programme. They must be eligible for pupil premium funding.

Our partner schools

Our current school partners are: 

• Chesterton Community College 
• Coleridge Community College 
• Downham Market Academy 
• Impington Village College 
• Jack Hunt School 
• Marshland High School 
• Neale-Wade Academy
• St John Fisher High School 
• Thomas Clarkson Academy
• Vista Academy 
• Witchford Village College 

Contact us

If you have questions about the Insight programme, contact us at insightprogramme@admin.cam.ac.uk