Enabling all children to achieve their potential
Transforming the lives of children and young people by developing their attitude, agency and aspiration.
We believe that some people need help to get to the start line in learning and in life.
We believe that people are able to make positive changes to their lives.
We believe in a holistic and individual approach that is backed by robust evidence of what works.
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Evolve Development Tracker
The Evolve Development Tracker is an online assessment, identification and measurement system that tracks and reports key metrics.
It is just one of the many tools found in a Health Mentors toolbox and is available for all school clients to use.
Featured Posts
The storm gathering around SEND
Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) have long been a lifeline for children with special educational needs and disabilities. More than just paperwork, these plans are legally binding commitments that ensure tailored support for those who need it most. But in recent weeks, that lifeline has come under threat.
My Biggest Achievement So Far
Since joining Evolve in April 2024, Harry Mason has built something far more powerful than routines or timetables – he’s built trust. In a Barking and Dagenham secondary school, Harry’s greatest achievement hasn’t been a single breakthrough moment, but the quiet, consistent work of showing up for students week after week – even when progress felt slow.
How important is the ‘most important meal of the day’?
Whether it’s cereal, toast, or a full fry-up, breakfast marks the start of the day for many. But some of us prefer to skip breakfast entirely, often without consideration of the consequences. Read on to understand the history, the science and the politics behind breakfast.
Win a Full Year of Pupil Insight – Live at ARC 2025
We’re giving away a free 12-month licence for the Evolve Development Tracker (EDT) – worth £2,400 – to one school at the “ARC London, South
The Ethics of Not Knowing: Why Educational Blind Spots Matter
In every classroom, there are stories we never hear.
Some are hidden behind a raised hand and a brave smile. Others lie buried beneath disrupted sleep, skipped meals, or the quiet ache of ‘not fitting in’.
The modern education system, despite its commitment to equity and excellence, remains largely calibrated to detect only the most visible forms of need:
LEAP – The Thinking, Structure, and Evidence Behind the Model
1. Introduction: Reimagining Support for Vulnerable Learners In every classroom, there are children who carry more than just their school bags. They carry invisible weights
Our values
1. Strive for Excellence – Being the best that we can be
2. Embrace Collaboration – Working with others to achieve more
3. Always Evolve – Continuously seeking to learn, innovate and improve
4. Outcome Focussed – Driven by real and sustained impact
Underpinning these core values are three character traits that are at the heart of everything we do:
- Being Passionate – having real belief in what we do
- Being Resilient – keeping going when things are hard
- Being Authentic – genuine in our desire to make positive change
What we do is important but the people we work with are more so. We take this responsibility very seriously.
“”…I see no reason why there shouldn’t be a Health Mentor in every school across the country…”
Dr Stephen Zwolinsky, Leeds Beckett University
Our mission story
We believe that if children are physically, emotionally and cognitively healthy they are more likely to positively engage with learning and life.
This solid foundation delivers short term educational benefits, such as improved attendance, learning behaviours, and attainment, and longer term outcomes such as reduced potential for criminality; increased economic performance; and improved quality of life.
We also believe that this fair, positive and nurturing start to life is a fundamental human right.
However, modern society is hampering healthy and happy development and education systems have not evolved to create environments where children and young people can thrive.
For many children, the world is a difficult place; voices are harsh and challenging; choices, possibilities and options are limited; and the future is simply black. Whilst public systems are aware of this darkness, many still operate in silos and remain too rigid, bureaucratic and self serving to offer any light.
Evolve provides a route out of this darkness through its team of talented, trained and trusted Health Mentors who help children and young people transform from despair to hope; excluded to included; helplessness to helpfulness; vulnerable to valuable; liability to asset; dependent to independent.
Flicking this switch means children who are driven by “fight or flight” instincts and unable to self regulate become calmer and more confident with a greater sense of agency and control over their lives.
This leads to improved engagement with their peers, friends and family; full and active engagement with learning and life; where possibilities are imagined and paths towards them are taken; better decision making with the financial and cognitive resources to live well; where life is something that they feel part of and are able to enjoy; and having both the ability and desire to help others give back.
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