NCOP target schools and colleges will be supported by a Hub Manager who will facilitate a structured needs analysis and planning process.

All schools/colleges will be supported by our GM Higher central team, who will help you access relevant GM Higher activities for your learners, as well as signposting to various events and activities at our partner institutions.

You can also use our Regional Progression Framework as a tool to help map activity across the learning outcomes for your learners.

If you require additional support with planning your engagement or have questions about any of our activity please contact gmhigher@mmu.ac.uk

Our NCOP targeted programme is for year 9-13 learners only. If you are an NCOP school/college please review our core programme brochures for NCOP Pre-16 learners and Post-16 learners.

Our all schools programme includes activity for year 7-11 learners and available to all state schools in Greater Manchester. Please see Pre-16 all schools programme.

We also signpost all schools to other activities taking place at our partner institutions, which are targeted at a wide range of ages from Primary to Post-16.

We offer tailored activity for targeted learner groups (looked after children, care leavers, disabled learners, young carers) and their supporters, please see  targeted learners programme.

Please review our Event Booking Checklist.

Please also be aware of our Cancellation Policy.

Find the events you would like to book onto via our Events & Activities page.

You can use the search tool, or filter by selecting your school name.

For more information, please see: event booking guidance doc

All of our activities are fully-funded, therefore, there is no charge to schools, colleges or learners.

We need schools and colleges to support the monitoring and evaluation of our work so that we can evidence impact and comply with our funding requirements. The standard requirement is to provide learner registers prior to all activities and complete activity evaluation.

A requirement of our Office for Students funding is to track learner destinations so that long-term impact can be measured.

We ask learners to opt-in to the collection and processing of their personal data for tracking and evaluation purposes via our Destination Tracking forms. We require Destination Tracking Forms to be completed for all learners who take part in our activities.

All processes are fully GDPR compliant. Further information about our data collection & GDPR compliance can be found GMH Data Collection & GDPR Compliance document 

Greater Manchester Higher aims to support the government’s social mobility goals by increasing the number of young people from underrepresented groups who go into higher education.

The National Collaborative Programme (NCOP) focuses on target wards, which are identified by areas where higher education participation is lower than might be expected given the GCSE results of the young people who live there. Our NCOP activities must focus on providing intensive activities with learners from these wards, therefore 2/3s of learners on any intervention must be from the target wards (with the exception of activity delivered to a whole year group). Our NCOP Schools Postcode tool will help you determine which of your learners are from our target wards.

We are committed to offering free outreach activities to all state schools in Greater Manchester which include campus visits, in-school activities, parent talks and CPD for teachers and advisors.

For some activities, we may ask schools to select learners who are underrepresented in higher education such as those who are the first in their family to progress to higher education, are in receipt of free school meals, who have been in local authority care, who have a disability, learning difficulty or long-term health condition or have caring responsibilities.

Some schools will be proactively supported by GM Higher in accessing these activities based upon priority criteria.

To find out more information about what support your school can receive, contact gmhigher@mmu.ac.uk

We can provide CPD sessions for teachers and advisors to provide impartial information around key higher education themes.

We can deliver sessions ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours either as a twilight session or as part of an INSET day.

This activity is available on request and can be tailored to your school/college requirements. Please email gmhigher@mmu.ac.uk for more information.

If you have a question, you can find out more by contacting us!