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Business and Enterprise Specialism

Aylsham High School was the first school in Norfolk to gain Business and Enterprise status and was successfully redesignated  in 2008

We believe that our Business and Enterprise specialism fuels and enables enterprising minds to flourish. It is at the heart of all of our work and within our ethos and culture.  Our work in Business and Enterprise is nationally recognised and we consequently lead the Norfolk Enterprise Learning Partnership (E.L.P) which supports the training of teachers in Enterprise in Primary, Secondary, Special schools and FE colleges across Norfolk. 

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Our vision is:

  • To establish an enterprise culture across the community of schools in all sectors from 5-19, where creativity, innovation and risk taking are not only encouraged but celebrated! 
  • We want to work together cross phase and across communities to establish a culture of co construction and a sharing of best practice, providing sustainable Enterprise CPD , whilst developing a positive impact on learning and teaching 
  • We also want to encourage young people in Norfolk to develop valuable skills and attributes that will prepare them for the world of work and beyond.

Through our specialist funding we:

  • Support the highly effective subject areas of Maths, ICT and Business Studies all of which gain excellent GCSE results.
  • Support the Every Child Matters themes, enabling our young people to, stay healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well being. 
  • Are recognised nationally for our work with students on developing Financial Capability with our work highlighted on the QCA website as an exemplar school. 
  • Support our Student Council, where the structure is designed in partnership with John Lewis and mirrors their structure, encouraging a strong student voice.
  • Have extensive collaborative projects with our cluster primary schools again many of which are nationally recognised and celebrated. 
  • We are continually developing enterprise skills with employers for the future workforce and employ a member of staff to develop work based opportunities for our students with employers.
  • We are leading the way in the development of PLTs through Enterprise.
  • Enterprise is at the heart of our Rewards System – we deal and negotiate credits.
  • We provide a wide range of courses and support sessions for parents/ carers to encourage them to support their child’s learning.
  • We co-ordinate a Family Learning Programme that encourages family members to enjoy learning together and work especially hard to encourage those families who may be reluctant to come into school.
  • We work very closely with a range of adult learning providers to encourage provision that is based around the needs of local learners
  • We work very collaboratively with an extensive range of partners to encourage and influence strategies that support families within our cluster area.
  • We are working closely with Job Centre Plus as part of the Aylsham Cluster Children’s Centre development.