DETERMINED TO SUCCEED - A REVIEW OF ENTERPRISE IN EDUCATION: EVIDENCE REPORT
ANNEXE 7 ENTITLEMENTS IN EDUCATION FOR WORK AND ENTERPRISE
The report Education for Work in Schools (2000) followed the HMIS inspection of best practice and included entitlements of which all pupils should have experience as a minimum:
Primary schools
- Opportunities to develop the core skills of communication, numeracy, problem-solving, using information and communication technology and working with others, delivered through the relevant areas of the 5-14 curriculum
- Key aspects of environmental studies programme which develop pupils' knowledge and understanding, skills and attitudes, relevant to Education for Work
- Enterprise activities which develop the foundations of pupils' understanding of careers, how teams work, how businesses operate, and how human and other needs are met
- Opportunities for personal and social development, extending pupils' self-awareness, self-esteem, interdependence and independence, relevant to their future place in the world of work.
Secondary schools
- Core skills delivered across the curriculum, in appropriate contexts in all subjects and aspects
- Subject courses which include reference to the subject's relevance to possible appropriate career pathways identified for all subjects and activities which replicate or reflect practice in business
- Personal and social development which includes personal profiling; self-awareness of strengths and attributes, and aspects to improve; briefing and review for key Education for Work activities such as work experience, industry awareness days and career interviews; completing and using the Progress file, reviewing and action planning, including target-setting; reflecting and recording experiences in Education for Work
- Careers education and guidance which includes ICT to find information on the curriculum, or further education and training; individual careers advice and group sessions, information on the labour market and information on destinations of school leavers provided by the local careers service company
- Enterprise activities to provide insight into options for self-employment, awareness of different roles in a business organisation, and experience of working in a team
- Work experience which includes choosing a placement; working on employers' premises and reviewing and recording outcomes.
Special educational needs
The programmes in Education for Work inspected in special schools reflected the main features of primary and secondary, with substantially greater amounts of time in Education for Work, in particular from S3 to S6. The common elements of entitlement for special schools are
- Core skills
- Business and employment - related content in the areas and subjects of the curriculum
- Personal and social development
- Careers education and guidance
- Enterprise education
- Work experience.