Pupils of the fifteen Haberdashers' schools benefit from the Advantage Programme run by the Haberdashers' Company. One of the Company’s wider aspirations is to empower young people from every background to fulfil their potential.

The Habs Aspire Mentoring Programme (‘Aspire’) is a ground-breaking initiative that will extend the Advantage Programme.

Aspire will in time give all sixth form pupils, across the nine Haberdashers’ secondary schools, the opportunity to access a mentor from Year 12 onwards. This will provide pupils with a window onto the wider world, the tailored guidance and support of a dedicated mentor and a fresh perspective on how to navigate their future. Mentors will be Haberdashers’ Company members, professionals from organisations, keen to work with young people, and supporters/former students of Haberdashers’ schools.

Under Aspire, a central database of mentors from across the Haberdashers’ ‘ecosystem’. Each school will have a dedicated Aspire coordinator who will appropriately match a pupil in their school with a mentor on the database. Adams will appoint an Aspire coordinator in May.