About us

STEER is the UKs longest running tracker of student mental health, providing schools and the UK government with data, analysis and evidence-based tools since 2015

97%

Of schools say STEER cohort action plans give teachers practical strategies to support their students

STEER was set up 12 years ago by two founders, to teach children to steer the road of adolescence…

Our Mission

STEER was founded by Dr Simon and Dr Jo Walker to build a new generation of social-emotional applications to prepare young people with the human skills to thrive in life. Combining education and psychology backgrounds they set out to solve three big challenges.

First, how to identify young people with mental health risks early, and before they need specialist support. Second, how to reliably measure the impact of schools on students social-emotional development. Third, how to empower young people with skills to steer the road of adolescence for themselves.

Our Contribution

STEER now manages the longest-running dataset of student social-emotional development in the UK. We track, signpost and safeguard students from the age of 8-18 in mainstream, specialist schools and elite sports academies. Our data, allied with more than 3,000 strategies developed by experts, gives STEER a unique ability to support teachers.

During the pandemic, we helped hundreds of schools in more than 15 countries track and support their students during lockdown. More than 10,000 teachers have completed our online training programme. We currently safeguard the mental health of more than 70,000 students.

Uniquely, we enabled the UK government to quantify the impact of lockdown on student mental heath. We published our data 18 months earlier than other organisation, and remain the only institution with pre-pandemic tracking data by which to measure Covid’s actual impact.

Webinar – Bede’s School

Bede’s started tracking their pupils 3 years ago and over that time they’ve tracked and supported thousands of students and trained over 100 tutors and teachers.

Peter Goodyer, CEO of the Bede’s School Trust, Alex Murphy, Assistant Head and Annabel Hodge, Director of Safeguarding, share how AS Tracking helped them detect pupils’ hidden safeguarding risks earlier.

Making an impact

BETT Awards Winner - STEER Tracking

“An innovative whole school approach which gives a more holistic perspective on pupil development. A much needed leadership tool.”

Meet the team

We are a dedicated, passionate and experienced group head quartered in the UK with global engineering capability

Dr Simon Walker

Co-Founder and CEO

Co-Founder and CEO

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Dr Jo Walker

Co-Founder and COO

Co-Founder and COO

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Michelle Greenhill

CCO

CCO

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Avi Samanta

CTO

CTO

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Lesley Chandler

Head of School Success Team

Head of School Success Team

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Nicky John

School Technical Support Manager

School Technical Support Manager

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Trevor Greenhill

STEER Sports and Sales Manager

STEER Sports and Sales Manager

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Jonah Walker

UX Designer and Product Manager

UX Designer and Product Manager

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Clare Sergeant

School Success Manager & USTEER Lead

School Success Manager & USTEER Lead

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Robert Lloyd Williams

School Success Manager

School Success Manager

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Nick Digby

School Success Manager

School Success Manager

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Charm O’Kelly

Invoice Administrator

Invoice Administrator

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STEER Advisors

Professor Dame Sue Bailey

STEER Adolescent Mental Health Advisor

STEER Adolescent Mental Health Advisor

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Professor John Bargh

STEER Psychology Advisor

STEER Psychology Advisor

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Professor Stephen Roberts

STEER Data Science Advisor

STEER Data Science Advisor

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The history of STEER

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