Enterprise in Education

Mathematics

A pupil cooking

Pupils learn how to run a café

Isobel Mair School and East Renfrewshire Council went into partnership to enable pupils to develop the skills needed to run an enterprise selling cakes to council employees.

A girl and woman discussing local business

Tailored work experience improves pupils' options

The partnership between Dumbarton Academy and local businesses enabled two students to do extended work experience and expand their options for future training and employment.

Image of pupils from Hollybrook School at Greggs Bakers from a video about their enterprise project

Experiencing working life with Greggs

Pupils from Hollybrook School discovered more about working in different environments and applying for jobs by teaming up with Greggs the bakers.

Number Partners

Southesk Primary School: Number Partners make learning fun

Number Partners is an enterprising link with Glaxo Smith Kline that allows pupils in P4 to interact with adults to help strengthen their number skills. Pupils can play maths games in an informal and fun way that develops numeracy skills that can be tranferred to other maths lessons.

A hand holding some coins

Financial education reaches other curriculum areas

A visit to the Museum on the Mound in Edinburgh supported history and art as well as financial education for these P5 pupils at Royal Mile Primary School.