More Hull Primary Schools achieve National Standard for Enterprise Education

Maybury Primary, Clifton Primary and St James Primary schools have successfully been assessed by Warwick University on their fantastic enterprise activity within the schools; they have now become the latest Hull Primary’s to achieve the National Standard for Enterprise Education as part of the city’s award winning Hull Ready - £5 Blossom enterprise scheme. The award of the National Standard recognises the schools commitment to embedding enterprise into their curriculum and celebrates the various activities and enterprise challenges that pupils are involved in.

With these three schools achieving the award it takes it up to 17 primary schools and Malet Lambert school achieving it in Hull and over 50 are involved with Hull Ready working with many small businesses, the programme has two main sponsors in St Stephen’s and the Co-operative.

Councillor Helene O’Mullane Portfolio Holder Children's Services said,

" By embedding enterprise skills into the primary curriculum, pupils, teachers and business professionals have come together to form ground-breaking partnerships, at the Council we are very proud of our partnership with Rotherham and Warwick University which supports our enterprising primary schools which again has led to two more of our primary schools receiving the National Standard for Enterprise Education award which recognises the children's effort and hard work in those schools supported by enterprising teachers. Children as young as four have been introduced to the concepts behind running a business through Hull Ready “

Craig Grewcock, The University of Warwick assessor, said

"The Warwick assessor visited all 3 schools in the same week and in each instance was immensely and increasingly impressed with the ability and enthusiasm of each school Enterprise education coordinator as well as the commitment of Heads and Deputy Heads. All 3 schools stressed the importance they saw in introducing their children to enterprise skills - for example team work, communication, leadership, decision making or problem solving - which would help them in their future study and working lives; something which the pupils themselves were more than capable of explaining to the assessor!"


Mike Notarantonio Hull Ready Project Officer

“Clifton had a strong submission including several sections of the audit likely to serve as future exemplars for other schools as to completion of good practice; there was also a well planned and managed range of enterprise activities in the school. St James have a committed head teacher who led on the submission on behalf of the School supported by enthusiastic staff at the school, the level of enthusiasm for enterprise activity demonstrated by pupils during the assessment indicated the fantastic impact it was having on their learning and at Maybury there is a strong enterprise coordinator and senior staff have also received some enterprise training. There are good external partnerships and budget allocations for enterprise groups are available.”



Further information



Hull Ready affects people’s lives. And that’s everyone from children just starting school to those right up at the top of Hull's education and skills sector and people working in different ways throughout the region working with the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership.





www.hullready.co.uk