Promoting Enterprise in Schools
We want to make young people more enterprising – not only to help them start thinking about the benefits of running their own business, but also to recognise the benefits of having an enterprising attitude. This can have a positive impact in every area of their lives, including being an enterprising employee working for someone else.
By investing in enterprise education, we are encouraging school pupils to develop enterprise skills - being creative, innovative, able to manage and take risks, having good team working and problem solving skills, and adopting a “can-do” attitude – across the curriculum.
Pupils are also finding out how and why businesses operate, and about working practices and environments, by undertaking tasks and activities in a workplace setting.
90% of secondary schools now provide enterprise education for all their pupils at Key Stage 4, and many are also providing enterprise education at Key Stage 3. Some secondary schools are working with primaries and with tertiary education to exchange good practice through the new Enterprise Learning Partnerships.
TeacherNet, the education site for teachers and school managers, provides resources, information and case studies which support enterprise education in schools.
