We believe that Enterprise education motivates our students and raises aspirations. This leads to higher levels of motivation by Year 9 as students begin to face up to the challenges of GCSE examinations and planning for a future career.

Our students learn to problem solve, take responsibility for their own actions, engage in real issues and evaluate their successes and failures.

Within individual subjects students also receive Business education that ensures a good level of financial capability and economic and business understanding.

For Whitley Abbey students this means:

Active learning through hands-on experience of running a business, making the decisions, analysing the problems and coming up with solutions and evaluating mistakes.

Taking risks in a challenging but safe environment. We learn through making mistakes, reflecting on the lessons learnt and having the courage to go again.

Teamwork - we know that Industry requires successful team working. We develop our students’ ability to be team players through role play, mini business activity, sports provision and learning activities in lessons.

Learning in real environments as all students have the opportunity to extend and develop their skills outside of the classroom, within and beyond Coventry.