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Our students regularly participate in sessions at Shawe Studios in Old Trafford. Shawe Studios is a company which houses and perfects the creation of various forms of multimedia, run by Jermaine Jones. They have been working with young people for a year now, becoming an integral component of our work here at Navigators. 

As part of his first module on the ASDAN Enterprise Short Course, one of our students was asked to interview our founder Anthony Thompson about the skills and qualities that helped him to be successful.

A number of our students were recently captured on camera by renowned leading Manchester photographer Jody Hartley as they took part in their individual programmes here at Navigators. From traditional ‘classroom’ learning to culinary activities, boxing, and bike maintenance, each student follows a specially created bespoke programme tailored to their individual learning plan. 

At Navigators, we are committed to recruiting the best, most suitable mentors to join our team. We have developed a detailed process to ensure recruitment of compassionate and empathetic staff, who then undergo our specialist Navigator training programme. These carefully chosen mentors and the one to one relationship that develops between the mentor and student is fundamental to the success of our specialist approach.

We are delighted to have opened our first accredited specialised post-16 provision, Navigators College. The learning centre at Burgess House in Harpurhey was officially opened by acclaimed Greater Manchester-born poet, playwright, memoirist, and broadcaster Lemn Sissay OBE.