Sharing practice
These articles and case studies highlight successful practice taking place in enterprising teaching and learning, careers education, work-based vocational learning and entrepreneurial learning across a range of education settings in Scotland.
Employer engagement is a key element of many of these projects. Schools and centres have worked with employers as partners, used their premises for learning, and involved them as sponsors, mentors, evaluators and role models.
Early years
Find examples of enterprising activities at early years centres that have captured the imagination of the youngest learners.
Primary
Find inspiration in this collection of projects, activities and methods being used across the country in primary schools.
Secondary
Take a look at just some of what’s happening in this selection of good practice in Scotland's secondary schools.
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Read our selection of good practice case studies, and find ideas applicable to all areas of education.Latest case studies
Secondary: Fit to Skip
Discover how Carrick Academy is combined Home Economics, Physical Education, English and Design Technolgy to promote fitness.
Primary: The Art Exhibition
Discover how Crombie Primary School developed an art project into a full-scale enterprise.
Secondary: Creative fashion
A look at how Hawick High School's creative fashion course has been used to boost the self-esteem and confidence of girls in a very male-dominated town.
Primary: Enterprise and social responsibility
Primary school pupils invest in small businesses around the world, choosing which businesses to back and how to re-invest any returns.
Early Years: Incubating and hatching chicken eggs
Children from Hermitage Park Nursery Class incubated and hatched eighteen chicken eggs to learn more about lifecycles.
Primary: The organic vegetable garden
Grantown Primary School developed an organic vegetable garden within the school grounds as part of an eco-schools project.
Secondary: Maryhill Burgh Halls regeneration
Pupils from John Paul Academy were involved in various workshops focusing on the project to regenerate Maryhill Burgh Halls.
Early Years: Puppy party
Children from Inveralmond Early Years Centre created pet puppies from junk materials and then organised a party for their pets.
Primary: James Bond's secret mission to keep fit
Newmore Primary school created the 'James Bond mission' topic to develop the health and well-being of pupils.
Early years: Building a bird table
Pupils from Smithycroft Secondary made a bird table for children at Elmcroft Nursery school to enjoy as part of their Eco schools programme.
Primary: Financial education and workbased learning
P6 pupils at St Columbkille’s Primary set up their own bank with the help of staff from the Royal Bank of Scotland to save up for the annual trip to France.
Secondary: Setting challenges
Find out how Craigie High School used a vertical system of registration, with S1-S6 in the same registration class, for setting challenges for pupils.
Secondary: Enterprise and Fairtrade group
See how Holyrood Secondary has established a pupil Enterprise and Fairtrade group which has already successfully fundraised for children in Liberia and Malawi.
Primary: The Celtic Band
Pupils from the Royston Language Unit visited Smithycroft Secondary School to hear a performance by the School Celtic Band and to perform their own dance.
Secondary: Computing for girls
Hyndland Secondary School in Glasgow ran a project which aimed to encourage more girls to study Standard Grade Computing.
Primary: Money week
Royston Primary School, in the east end of Glasgow, held a Money Week event involving pupils from P1-P7.Young entrepreneurs
Determined to Succeed strategy is recognised as a world leader in enterprise education. Find out more in this Young entrepreneurs Connected article.