Malet Lambert School - Business Ready

Malet Lambert School in Hull is aiming to be one of the first in the country to become accredited with Business Ready™ – IEBE’s employability quality award.


As Stephen Logan, Business Champion at the school and Hull’s Enterprising Teacher of the Year 2011 explains, the decision to apply for the accreditation was a simple one, for both him and the school:

“At Malet Lambert we are committed to employability, enterprise education and global careers ambitions for all our learners. Having students better prepared for the world of work is a necesssary part of being a good school. We are extremely excited about the potential of this quality standard and how it can benefit our pupils, giving them a great opportunity to broaden their horizons and experiences with businesses.”

Head Teacher Jane Disbrey agrees:

“It is vitally important that our students develop employability and enterprise skills that will enable them to work in a global environment. The standard shows the importance of working with the business community to raise student’s aspirations and ambitions and we are very pleased to be working with Humber EBP - IEBE’s Approved ™ provider – to achieve it.”

Business Ready™ is the quality standard to assess and recognise schools’ contribution to developing young people’s employability. It is part of IEBE’s Platform for Excellence™, which comprises quality standards for all individuals and organisations, and sits alongside its sister award for businesses – Education Ready™.

Schools who meet the standard are able to work more effectively with businesses to embed employability in the curriculum, maximise their business relationships, and help young people prepare for productive and fulfilling working lives.

For more information visit www.iebe-approved.com