Specialist Status

First class Business and Enterprise Education for the 21st century

Enhance learning by developing economic and business understanding. Enrich and extend the curriculum through the provision of enterprise activities. Provide opportunities for students to follow a wide range of work related learning pathways. Provide young people with the skills needed to progress successfully into employment, self-employment, further training and higher education according to their individual abilities, aptitudes and ambitions. Work in partnership with the wider community, including business and industry, to enhance opportunities for lifelong learning in the context of business and enterprise. Provide a core Business and Enterprise curriculum that suits the needs of all our students. We were the first college in Bedfordshire to be awarded Business and Enterprise Specialist Status by the Government. We believe that Enterprise education is the key to a successful future for all our students.

Our approach is to:

• Enhance learning by developing economic and business understanding.
• Enrich and extend the curriculum through the provision of enterprise activities.
• Provide opportunities for students to follow a wide range of work related learning pathways.
• Provide young people with the skills needed to progress successfully into employment, self-employment, further training and higher education according to their individual abilities, aptitudes and ambitions.
• Work in partnership with the wider community, including business and industry, to enhance opportunities for lifelong learning in the context of business and enterprise.
• Provide a core Business and Enterprise curriculum that suits the needs of all our students’ future lives.

Enterprise skills are essential to success in all areas of life helping young people to prepare for many aspects of their future lives.

Enterprising people tend to be successful people.