Imagine that you are 14 years old and have been so violently bullied at the hands of your peers that you cannot cope with going to school, the local youth club or even getting on a bus by yourself in case you bump into them…

Or imagine arriving in this country as a 12 year old without a word of English and becoming the target of extreme abuse just because you do not understand the system.

Fact:  Every week in London 52 teenagers are victims of knife crime, according to the Metropolitan Police

Fact:  Kids as young as 10 are genuinely fearful they're going to be knifed at school, just outside the school gates or on the streets where they live.

All these young people have had the door to learning well and truly slammed in their faces.  They have lost their self-esteem.  They have little hope of the future that most of us take for granted.

Why? Because conventional learning takes place in groups assuming that students will be ok with that. However there are some young people who are so frightened of being in the presence of other youngsters that they cannot even contemplate the idea of group learning, so are excluded from the start. Skilltrain bridges the gap for those particular young people using a style and individual approach that is unique in Wandsworth.