“The good quality of leadership throughout the school is driving the development of teaching and learning…”
Ofsted Inspection Nov 2007
Enterprise Education
30 March 2007
Year 10 Students at Tanbridge House School have been involved in an eleven week programme, which commenced on Thursday 11 January, to gain invaluable skills and opportunities to be enterprising through applying their own talents and attributes.
The aim of the program has been for each team to create a presentation, portfolio and display for an enterprise. ‘Business Meetings’ were held on Wednesday 7th February and Tuesday 6th March. There were business volunteers from, Air Partner, Applied Materials, OCS Group LTD, Dark Star Media, John Lytton Chartered Surveyors, Select who came to talk to the teams about their projects.
On Friday 30 March each team presented their portfolio to a panel of judges – peers, staff and business representatives; the six most successful teams made it through to the final round and then re-presented to Year 10 plus the judges. After much deliberation, the judges came to a decision and The Rt Hon Francis Maude, MP gave a short speech before announcing the winning team and presenting prizes.
Enterprise Education is seen by businesses as an important factor in developing a skilled workforce. Tanbridge House School students welcomed the opportunity of this exciting and different project when they had the opportunity to discuss their business ideas with local Horsham companies.