The Business, Enterprise & ICT curriculum at BBEC intends to:
- ensure students receive an ambitious curriculum and learn both academically and through practical application which inspires students to enter the world of business and IT
- spark students’ imagination through a teaching a wider knowledge of the digital world including accessibility and knowledge of the digital divide
- develop diverse, ambitious, enterprising and IT-literate individuals with the ability to think commercially and creatively, be resilient and solve problems
- provide opportunities for students to extend their vocabulary and become fluent readers of digital texts and for them to apply their mathematical knowledge in the context of the business and digital world
- promote inclusion and diversity by using a range of role models and case studies in our topics, materials, and resources to help prepare students for the real world
- teach students how to be kind and show courtesy when using social media for good, and be aware of a diverse audience when using digital platforms
- teach digital resilience and online safety to ensure that students know how to keep themselves safe in the digital world
- create opportunities for students to learn practical and transferable employability skills and knowledge which allow students to progress on a pathway to work or to an apprenticeship
- open up the world of business and ICT through access to a diverse range of people from the world of business both in and out of school
- develop social and cultural awareness by exploring current affairs (local, global and national) and their impact on students and their families