KenSTEP is an academic project that provides tutoring services to the children of the Kensington Community. The project recruits children from grades 3 to 7, from the surrounding Kensington schools, providing them with English, Maths, and Life Orientation tutoring sessions. The Project has a historical relationship with the Kensington community and many mature residents associate with the reputation of the project. KenSTEP acts as a feeder project for the senior academic SHAWCO projects, SO Live and Learn and KenSMART.

KenSTEP recruits children who demonstrate academic potential and aims to promote further academic development while laying the essential foundations in literacy. UCT volunteers, who are interviewed by the committee members of the KenSTEP project, tutor the children. The project runs over three days during the week, providing tutoring sessions for each subject on separate days. As part of the dynamic curriculum, we take the children on camps and outings organised by SHAWCO.