Collaborative Approaches to 14-19 Provision - Communities and ...

14-19 PATHFINDERS: THE SECOND YEARClose links have been established with the Enterprise Pathfinder co-ordinated byDjanogly Academy and the Enterprise Advisors through links with the EducationBusiness Partnership. An exciting range of enterprise activities and courses have beendeveloped for example:- students working with a local company to investigate thefeasibility of selling holiday cottages on the Internet, a range of enterpriseapprenticeships involving young people setting up and running their own socialenterprise and range of enterprise activities linked to a GCSE programme for examplea group of students undertaking a feasibility study of siting a wind turbine on theirschool site with the support of a local company.Knowsley had three Enterprise Pathfinders and a group of enterprise consultants (rather thana single enterprise advisor). In South Gloucestershire one centre has successfully integratedEnterprise teaching into their Personal Challenge programme (see paragraphs 144 and 493).Pathfinders which were addressing this theme had also put on a variety of events suchenterprise fairs, Young Enterprise programmes, enterprise conferences and enterprisechallenges, often sponsored by private sector companies.152. The survey did not allow us to probe as to why pathfinders had not chosen to addressthis theme. Some though volunteered comments about too many initiatives and difficulties inmaking links with enterprise advisors. One particularly interesting observation was that thebreadth of the definition of enterprise was so wide that it allowed schools to claim that theirexisting activities would suffice.153. The evidence showed that where pathfinders were addressing this theme goodprogress was being made and the influence of Enterprise Pathfinders and enterprise advisorswas being brought to bear, but that it remained a low priority for most 14-19 Pathfinders.50