Year 9s Have An Enterprising Way To Get Into The New Business Course

Priory is looking to find the next Steve Jobs or Joe Wicks as we launch our new qualification, NCFE Level 2 Business and Enterprise, from September. 

It’s available for Year 10s and Head of ICT & Computer Science, Mrs Qadri, will be teaching the course. 

She has already given the Priory pupils, working in small groups, a taste of what to expect by asking Year 9s to research and produce a presentation or poster on an entrepreneur. 

Megan H’s group selected Walt Disney. She said: “He was one all three of us already knew something about so we worked together on Walt Disney. We did find out some new facts, such as he moved around a lot when he was younger.” 

Sam’s group selected fitness guru Joe Wicks and admitted: “We knew about him before but he came to everyone’s attention during lockdown.” 

Mrs Qadri said: “We got them to choose from a list of 20 entrepreneurs and find out about their business, how they started, what they give to charity and so on. I think they found it interesting. 

“We used to teach the Business and Enterprise qualification a few years ago but then we introduced Computer Science and this took over.  However Computer Science has been running for a few years now and we decided to put Business and Enterprise back on the Key Stage 4 curriculum and pupils have shown a great deal of interest in it. 

“It’s the equivalent to a Level 2 qualification, it’s vocational and is an equivalent to a GCSE. 

“The course involves looking at entrepreneurial characteristics and business aims and objectives; legal structures, organisational structures and stakeholder engagement; marketing mix and market research; internal and external influences on business; human resource requirement for a business start-up, sources of enterprise funding and business finance and a lot more.” 

Year 9 pupil Grace said: “I want to do this qualification as I feel it will help me in the future. I am really excited about starting it.”