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<p>There are already a number of opportunities in schools for pupils to develop their
entrepreneurial skills. The new business GCSE, which was first taught in the 2017/18
academic year, is intended to enable pupils to develop as commercially minded and
enterprising individuals. In 2014, financial literacy was made statutory within the
national curriculum for the first time, as it is now taught as part of the citizenship
curriculum for 11-16 year olds. Schools are also able to cover enterprise and entrepreneurship
teaching within their personal, social, health and economic education.</p><p>In addition
to this the government’s careers strategy, published in December 2017, aims to give
young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to learn from employers about work
and the skills that are valued in the workplace. It introduces a new expectation that
all secondary schools should offer every young person at least seven encounters with
employers as part of a high-quality careers programme during their education, including
those who are self-employed.</p><p>The Careers & Enterprise Company’s network
of enterprise advisers supports the delivery of this ambition. Enterprise advisers
are senior business volunteers who help schools to work with local businesses. The
network is already operating in over half of secondary schools and colleges, and will
be available to all of them by 2020.</p><p>Character education is also important,
and the great majority of schools provide this through the culture and ethos of the
school, and through extra-curricular activities. Studies have found that skills such
as self-confidence, tenacity and resilience have a strong role to play in outcomes
in adult life, such as being in work, wage levels, or doing well in higher education.
One of the five foundations for building character is the world of work, which includes
entrepreneurship.</p>
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