Game changing social impacts

Changing the lives through the power of education and training

More than just numbers

To us, it's all about the outcomes and the impacts

We are a family of six brands who combined, support tens of thousands of individuals every year.


We support some of the most vulnerable young people in society via our Alternative Educational Provision, and positively disrupt the adult training space by providing short courses and training programmes designed to get people a job, a better job
or a career via our adult training companies.

Intertwined amongst all of our provision, is the need of quality careers guidance, and so we offer that too to over 100 secondary schools in England, including our own.
This report demonstrates the sheer volume of our combined work. The life changing impacts we are having on individuals from all walks of life. It showcases the ways in which we are generating significant social and economic impacts for the communities in which we work, the stakeholders who we support and ultimately, the individuals whose lives we help to change through the power of education and training.

Together, we are transforming lives

£ 1000
of social value generated

Through our everyday activities across our business units which includes alternative education, careers guidance and adult education training, we have generated a substantial amount of social value on the communities in which we work. 

£ 1000
of savings to the public purse

From re-engaging young people in education and helping to prevent them from becoming NEET, to delivering a robust prison education within multiple prison locations nationally, our colleagues work tirelessly to have long term, positive impacts on the lives of individuals. 

£ 1003
Social value generated for every £1 spent

Working within the public and private sectors, demonstrating a return on investment is key. So, for every £1 spent on our interventions, on average we generated £4.09 in social value. 

Improved self-confidence, knowledge and belief in the young people we support

Increased employability, supporting the growth of a skilled workforce

Increased local wealth by adopting local employment policies

Increased national wealth through increase in taxpayers

Proud to be part of the fabric of the Liverpool City Region

Keeping it local to help drive local wealth and prosperity

Based upon analysis of suppliers and the implementation of a local spending policy, The Progress Group can evidence that where a subsidiary does
not have a specifically local focus but operates nationally e.g. Grey Matter Learning, approximately 25% of spend is made with supply chain partners that are local to the Group Head Office.

Where there is a specific local focus beyond the head office region, e.g. Progress Schools and Progress Careers, expenditure with local supply chains is higher as local businesses and associates are employed to deliver services in each location.
Additionally, most staff live in the local region (within 20 miles of their place of work) and consequently their personal spend is also contributing to the local economy.


Being a responsible employer

The Progress Group is committed to paying all staff the Living Wage and is mindful of the salary escalator ratio across each subsidiary. There is a widely accepted view that pay ratios are an indicator of how fairly an organisation is treating its staff team and addressing issues of inequality.
Recent research from the High Pay Centre identifies that FTSE 100 CEOs were paid 86 times the median UK worker salary during the first year of the pandemic (www.highpaycentre.org.uk). Analysis of salaries across the Group show that our highest salaries are no more than 8.9 times our lowest salaries and in any single part of the group the highest salaries are no more than 6.5 times the lowest salary in that division.

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