Jul 15, 2011

The Education Business Excellence Award recognises school’s excellence in integrating the curriculum with business and enterprise. It considers how enterprise, employability and commerce are considered in a school’s strategic planning through to classroom delivery. The award assesses schools in relation to leadership, management & partnerships; planning, programmes & delivery; and audit, evaluation & development.

The award has been developed by the three Education Business Partnerships of Devon, Cornwall and Tamar.

Business partners are invited by individual schools in recognition of the time and support they offer the school in terms of enterprise, employability education and applied learning.

We were delighted that Michael Caines MBE agreed to be the keynote speaker and award schools successful in receiving the Education Business Excellence Award

There were also awards for:

• the outstanding businesses as nominated by the EBPs
• STEM ambassadors for their contribution throughout the year
• awards for students who proved ‘outstanding’ during their Work Experience
• ‘best in show’.

The following schools gained the award:

Brixham College
Combe Pafford Business and Enterprise School
Coombeshead College
Cullompton Cummunity College
Ellen Tinkham
St Cuthbert Mayne
Teign School
Teignmouth Community College
St Lukes Science and Sports College
The Axe Valley Community College
The Kings School
Holsworthy College
Pathfields School
Marland School
Lampard School

The outstanding Business partners for their contribution to working with schools throughout the year were as follows:

ASDA Bideford for Devon
Redfuse Internet for Cornwall
Protyre Gupa P Plymouth
Lloyds TSB for Exeter and Torbay