For Schools & Trusts — Already Doing It
Already Doing It — For Schools
Supporting Gatsby Benchmarks 2, 3 & 7

Honest Insight for University Decisions.

Structured 1-to-1 video conversations for Year 12 and 13. Zero admin for your team. We give your students the honest, independent guidance that open days and prospectuses can’t.

Discuss Sponsored Access or Direct Purchase
Safeguarding aligned
Impact Report in 5 working days
Gatsby 2, 3 & 7
52%
of graduates wish they’d made a different degree choice
Source: Advance HE / HEPI, 2024
2×
more likely to be happy after an honest conversation
98%
would have valued a 1:1 honest conversation
Evidences Gatsby Benchmarks 2, 3 & 7

We asked 300+ university students about their experience choosing a degree

52%
of graduates wish they’d made different choices with hindsight
2×
Students who had an honest conversation were twice as likely to be happy with their choice
86%
Of students received mostly generic guidance — or none at all
98%
Said they would have valued a 1:1 honest conversation before choosing their degree

Source: Advance HE / HEPI Student Academic Experience Survey, 2024 | ADI Survey, 2026

Student Insight Matters

The gap between expectation and reality

National data shows that 52% of graduates wish they’d made different choices with hindsight. That’s a massive gap between expectation and reality.

Already Doing It (ADI) gives your students structured conversations at the right moment. By helping them make informed, confident decisions now, we reduce the risk of university drop-outs and ensure your students and leavers actually thrive in the long term.

“Speaking to a Cambridge law student was one of the most helpful things I’ve done in sixth form. I got real insight into studying law, tips on applying, managing workload, and what a typical day looks like. I feel more confident and excited about applying!

Amira
Year 13 student, Applying for Law at Cambridge University
Strategic Impact for Multi-Academy Trusts & Large Cohorts

Designed for scale — from one school to a national Trust

Information Equity

Ensure every student across your Trust has access to a professional network, regardless of their background or location.

Centralised Education Intelligence

Receive our Strategic Impact & Education Intelligence Report, identifying transition risks (e.g. student finance anxiety) across your entire estate.

Turnkey Gatsby Compliance

A ready-to-deploy solution for Gatsby Benchmarks 2, 3 and 7 that requires zero administrative hours from your Academy Careers Leads.

Retention Focused

Reduce the risk of a costly wrong degree choice by helping students verify pathways before enrolment — an average £60,000 investment.

What We Provide

Everything your careers team needs. None of the admin.

Vetted Near-Peer Mentorship

1-to-1, structured online conversations with ADI-trained near-peer mentors. Exact course or university matches where helpful — sessions focus on relevance and reflection.

Targeted Interventions

Standalone sessions tailored to each student’s specific course or pathway stage. Deploy for Pupil Premium cohorts, specific intervention points, or whole-cohort support.

Turnkey Oversight

Full safeguarding alignment and streamlined reporting — zero admin for your team. Sessions take place outside curriculum hours, protecting teaching time.

Safeguarding & Oversight: All mentors are identity verified and complete a mandatory safeguarding assessment. Sessions are structured and our safeguarding framework is aligned with the principles of Keeping Children Safe in Education. View safeguarding policy →

The ADI Implementation Journey

A seamless, five-step rollout for individual academies or multi-school estates

Every step is managed by ADI — your careers team focuses on students, not logistics.

1

Funding & Resource Match

We determine if your institution is eligible for Fully Funded Employer-Sponsorship (based on available funding routes) or if a Direct Purchase model is the best fit for your budget.

2

Licence Activation

Once the partnership is confirmed, we provide unique access credentials for your specific student cohorts. For Trusts, we can manage this centrally or distribute licences to individual Academy Leads.

3

Student-Led Engagement

Using our secure platform, students browse vetted near-peer mentors and book sessions independently. Every session is bookended by structured reflection — pre-session (students identify their specific questions) and post-session (students log key takeaways and updated confidence levels).

4

Zero-Admin Management

ADI handles everything: scheduling, safeguarding oversight, and secure video links. We manage the entire operational flow, requiring zero administrative hours from your careers team.

5

Your Impact Report

You receive a report tailored to your package, delivered within 5 working days of the final session, to verify student participation and satisfy Gatsby Benchmark reporting:

Standard: Impact & Engagement Report  |  Enhanced: Student Impact & Intelligence Report with deep-dive sentiment data  |  Trusts: Strategic Impact & Education Intelligence Report for your entire estate

Designed for Schools & Trusts

Built around your priorities

Informed decision-making

Empowers students to make confident, informed choices about post-18 pathways through evidence-backed peer insight

Operational Efficiency

Extends high-quality 1-to-1 guidance across your entire estate without increasing staff workload or administrative overhead

The Unfiltered Perspective

Private, near-peer conversations that break through the intimidation barrier — allowing students to ask the questions they won’t ask staff or formal alumni

Flexible Deployment

A low-risk, scalable model designed for rapid pilots, targeted interventions (e.g. Pupil Premium), or whole-cohort support

Empowered Ownership

Our student-led booking system encourages independence and accountability — sessions take place outside curriculum hours to protect teaching time

“I joined ADI because I know how valuable it is to hear honest advice from someone who’s recently been in your position. In engineering especially, there’s often a gap between expectations and reality. To me, peer mentoring is about being open about that — sharing both the challenges and the opportunities so students can make confident, informed decisions about their future.”

— Omar S, Engineering, University College London
Our near-peer mentors

Our mentors aren’t just university students — they are ADI-Certified. Every mentor completes our comprehensive training course, ensuring they understand the standards of safeguarding and professional conduct required. They offer unbiased perspective on course expectations, university life, transitions and what they’d do differently.

The ADI Education Intelligence Suite

Included with all Direct Purchase and Sponsored Packages

Unlock deep-dive analytics designed for both operational evidence and strategic oversight. Every cohort includes Gatsby Benchmark evidence and pathway confidence data to save your team hours of administrative work.

For Schools

A pre-formatted Gatsby Evidence Log (Benchmarks 2, 3 & 7) and student pathway confidence data to save your team hours of administrative work. Sessions with graduate mentors in employment additionally evidence Benchmark 5.

For Trusts

An aggregated Strategic Impact & Education Intelligence Report, providing high-level sentiment analysis and transition risk data across your entire estate.

Enquire for the 2026 intake

Strategic Support for Schools, Hubs, and Multi-Academy Trusts.

Ready to integrate structured, peer-led insight into your careers strategy? Complete the form to:

  • Verify Eligibility — check for available Fully Funded sponsorship routes
  • Request a Strategic Quote — discuss Direct Purchase options for specific cohorts or Trust-wide estates
  • Review Sample Intelligence — request a walkthrough of our Impact & Intelligence Reports
Limited pilot places available — enquire for eligibility

School Enquiry Form

We help your students make informed, confident post-18 transitions through the Already Doing It platform.

School Enquiry Form
School Enquiry Form