Business and Enterprise Colleges will use their specialist status to raise standards of achievement and the quality of learning for all their students. Business and Enterprise related subjects will contribute to whole school improvement by developing innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
Business and Enterprise Colleges will enrich and extend learning by encouraging:
economic and business understanding;
enterprise activities;
opportunities for pupils to follow a wide range of work related learning pathways.
Business and Enterprise Colleges will raise the post-16 participation rate in the specialist subject areas, and provide young people with the skills needed to progress into employment, self-employment, further training and higher education according to their individual abilities, aptitudes and ambitions.
Business and Enterprise Colleges will build partnerships, share resources and share good practice with other local schools. They will work in partnership with the wider community, including business and industry, to enhance opportunities for lifelong learning.
Business and Enterprise Colleges will inspire and motivate students. In addition to developing business skills, Business and Enterprise Colleges will demonstrate commitment to achieving an enterprise-based environment and to developing an enterprising approach to teaching and learning. In particular they will:
Develop strengths in business education, financial capability, work-related learning and enterprise-related vocational programmes.
Enhance economic and business understanding and a business and enterprise culture including an understanding of the ethical dimension of business throughout the curriculum.
Invest in and support the development of leadership skills of all staff. This includes the innovative deployment of staff.
Cultivate a positive attitude toward risk taking and entrepreneurial attitudes.
Business and Enterprise Colleges will be expected to be involved in national strategies - such as Enterprise Pathfinder projects - and proposals to expand enterprise education.
Business and Enterprise Colleges will focus on a business and enterprise-related subjects, mathematics and ICT. Examples of business and enterprise-related subjects include:
