What is it?
Business and Enterprise
Enterprise education – “this aspect is exemplary” Ofsted December 2007
Staindrop gained Business and Enterprise Status in September 2005.
As a Business & Enterprise School we aim to use our specialist status to raise standards of achievement and the quality of learning for all our students. We enrich and extend learning by encouraging economic and business understanding, enterprise activities and opportunities for students to follow a wide range of work related learning pathways.We provide opportunities for our students to develop enterprising attitudes and skills through learning and teaching across the curriculum. In all subject areas enterprise skills such as communication, problem solving, numeracy, teamwork, innovation and leadership are delivered through the curriculum. This will equip students with the skills they need to be successful at school and give them an invaluable edge for further education and future careers.
Our students are taught how to use their own initiative and become independent self-motivated learners. Students have full use of the enterprise room which contains a multimedia techpod, interactive whiteboard, 22 wireless networked PCs, DVD embosser and copier, colour laser printers and video conferencing facilities.
We have several enterprise companies organised by students and linked to curriculum areas including Maths, Art, Business Studies, Science and Technology. These companies have won awards at both regional and national level.
Students are “prepared exceptionally well for their economic well being”Ofsted December 2007
