Business & Enterprise College

• Raise standards of achievement for all students across their personalised curriculum
• Provide students with a stimulating, diverse and appropriate curriculum, enriched by an enterprising approach and enterprise activities
• Provide models of excellence in business and related subjects' delivery
• Raise post 16 participation, providing students with appropriate skills for employment, training and higher education through the Young Chamber initiative
• Work with our partner primaries, secondaries and community to share knowledge, resources and practice
• Extend opportunities for Lifelong Learning with the wider community, including local businesses and members of community groups
• Involve students in assessment of their enterprise abilities

Enterprise - A Bold or Difficult Undertaking

5 Aspects of Enterprise Education

• Education FOR enterprise - which aids the development of individual's skills & knowledge for entrepreneurship

• Education ABOUT enterprise - which provides opportunities to explore wealth creation, marketing, finance & business organisation

• Education THROUGH enterprise - involving aspects of personal development, co-operation, initiative & creativity

• Education BY enterprise - providing exciting programmes of delivery to stimulate pupils' learning & develop understanding & positive attitudes towards developing social & cultural change

• Education INCORPORATING enterprise - delivered within any aspect of the curriculum. Enterprise can be delivered as part of any curriculum topic or as a discrete programme of study

Enterprise & the Economy in Education (2002) Howard Davies

What is Enterprise Learning?

An enterprising person is someone who uses their initiative, makes the most of limited resources and is determined to succeed. Enterprise learning is the process of developing the skills and attitude of an enterprising person. We believe this will help our pupils succeed: as future entrepreneurs, the business owners of tomorrow; in the workplace where employers are increasingly demanding employees with initiative, drive and independent thinking.

What is an Enterprise Activity?

Enterprise activities need not involve actually running a business. In life, enterprising work goes on outside the confines of business activity. Therefore an enterprise activity is defined as any learning experience with the following characteristics:

• Students have the freedom to decide the focus of the activity
• Students work in teams or alone, undertaking specific roles to complete tasks
• Students are asked to identify and obtain appropriate resources
• Students are given responsibility for managing the activity
• The activity reflects the constraints and practice of the adult business world
• The activity has a definite end result, which may be a product or a service
• The activity is monitored and evaluated

For more information on St Bart's Business & Enterprise College, please click on one of the downloads below:

	Click Here for St. Bart's - The Enterprise Experience PDF (189KB)
	Click Here for the Enterprise Map PDF (768KB)

To view some of our school case studies on the School's Trust website please follow one of the following links: Specialist Schools Trust or Schools Network

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