Business Education
1.0 Introduction
This report will look at developing professional practice in Business Education. The report will analyse the effectiveness of teaching a scheme of work and the lessons delivered during the time at Batley Business and Enterprise College. The report will also look at how teaching has promoted the learning of pupils and how the scheme will affect future teaching practice.
2.0 The school
Batley Business and Enterprise College is an 11-16 community comprehensive school with strong links to post 16 colleges in the locality. The College provides a wide-range of curriculum activities that aims to meet the needs of the pupils regardless of ability, background or culture.
The last OFSTED inspection in 2003 found that the school was well - governed and well - managed and that further success and improvements would continue however since the inspection in 2003 GCSE results have continued to go much higher, the school has undergone a multi-million pound transformation and have acquired Business and Enterprise Specialist College status, Investors in People status and Full Service Extended School status.
The Blenheim Centre is open to parents and the community there are various activities for parents to do there such as: Tai Chi, Aromatherapy and Healthy Eating days. Dads are encouraged to join in with Fishing and Sports trips. The careers service within the school has strong links with training providers, businesses and colleges of Further and Higher Education.
The school has employed community workers from a range of backgrounds to support parents and pupils regardless of their culture. The College also benefits from being part of an Excellence Cluster with additional funding that enables the college to fund extra gifted and talented pupil programmes, employ learning mentors, neighbourhood enrichment officers and run a learning support unit. These partnerships mentioned above not only serve to enhance the learning environment of the pupils at the
This report will look at developing professional practice in Business Education. The report will analyse the effectiveness of teaching a scheme of work and the lessons delivered during the time at Batley Business and Enterprise College. The report will also look at how teaching has promoted the learning of pupils and how the scheme will affect future teaching practice.
2.0 The school
Batley Business and Enterprise College is an 11-16 community comprehensive school with strong links to post 16 colleges in the locality. The College provides a wide-range of curriculum activities that aims to meet the needs of the pupils regardless of ability, background or culture.
The last OFSTED inspection in 2003 found that the school was well - governed and well - managed and that further success and improvements would continue however since the inspection in 2003 GCSE results have continued to go much higher, the school has undergone a multi-million pound transformation and have acquired Business and Enterprise Specialist College status, Investors in People status and Full Service Extended School status.
The Blenheim Centre is open to parents and the community there are various activities for parents to do there such as: Tai Chi, Aromatherapy and Healthy Eating days. Dads are encouraged to join in with Fishing and Sports trips. The careers service within the school has strong links with training providers, businesses and colleges of Further and Higher Education.
The school has employed community workers from a range of backgrounds to support parents and pupils regardless of their culture. The College also benefits from being part of an Excellence Cluster with additional funding that enables the college to fund extra gifted and talented pupil programmes, employ learning mentors, neighbourhood enrichment officers and run a learning support unit. These partnerships mentioned above not only serve to enhance the learning environment of the pupils at the