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Encyclopedia > Business and Enterprise College

Business and Enterprise Colleges (BECs) were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the UK. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Business and Enterprise Colleges receive extra funding for applied business teaching from this joint private sector and government scheme. Business and Enterprise Colleges also act as a local point of reference for other schools and businesses in the area, with an emphasis on promoting enterprise and commercial awareness within the community. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The specialist schools programme is a UK government programme which encourages secondary schools to specialise in certain areas to boost acheivement. ... High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The specialist schools programme is a UK government programme which encourages secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas to boost achievement. ...


Schools' Enterprise Education Network

In his budget speech of March 2006, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown announced that the government would be funding a network of best practice to support the delivery of Enterprise Education within the UK. This network (called the Schools' Enterprise Education Network (SEEN) was based on the expertise within BECs—56 hubs (one per county) were identified in May 2006. At a launch conference the hub co-ordinators were advised of the local BECs that would act as 'spokes' to support the dissemination to all state-maintained secondary schools. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. ... James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the United Kingdom and a British Labour Party politician. ...


Examples of business and enterprise colleges

The Chafford School badge The Chafford School, A Specialist Business and Enterprise College is a mixed comprehensive secondary school located in Rainham in the London Borough of Havering. ... St. ... Haverstock School Business & Enterprise College is a comprehensive school in Chalk Farm, the London Borough of Camden, England. ... General Infomation Ken Stimpson Community School is a public secondary school which opened in 1982 having formally been a girls only school and is situated in Werrington, Peterborough, England. ... Stradbroke Business and Enterprise College is a state-funded secondary school for 11-16 year-olds in Stradbroke, Suffolk, United Kingdom. ... Suffolk (pronounced SUF-fk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Kings International College is a secondary school in Camberley, Surrey. ... Sandon High School is a secondary school in Meir, Stoke-on-Trent. ...

References

  • Department for Education and Skills
  • Specialist Schools Trust


 

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