A Progress Report is completed by teachers each term, and highlights any progress that a student may be making in a number of subject areas. The report evaluates overall progress in a subject, work ethic, homework completion, attendance levels and punctuality. Promise Foundation compares the progress report of a pupil over the three school terms in order to effectively assess progress.

At the beginning of the mentoring relationship, a mentee (alongside their mentor) identifies three targets that they would like to achieve by the end of the academic year. This enables the mentee to retain ownership of the mentoring process – directing the outcome by setting realistic goals to be achieved. This, in turn, helps the young person to realise what they are very capable of achieving.

Promise Foundation coordinates and leads focus groups for mentors and mentees in separate capacities each term. These provide stakeholders with the opportunity to reflect, openly, as a group on how the programme is going and to discuss anything that can be done or put in place to improve their experience.

This serves to compliment evidence from the Progress Report and mentee led targets and provide an overview of the entire mentoring process. Both mentor and mentee are encouraged to complete the questionnaire.

These provide substantial additional insights. The qualitative meeting notes consist of short meeting reports produced by the mentor at the end of each school term that are then emailed to the coordinator. They are brief one- page documents that have yielded a wealth of insight. They have also, in the past, highlighted any areas where the mentors themselves may need support.