Fiona Rawes MBE Education Campaign Director Business in the Community Business Class.

Fiona Rawes MBE

Education Campaign Director

Business in the Community

Business Class

So what’s the problem?

“.... Few schools reported highly developed partnerships where the level of engagement is systematic across the school and many would like partnerships to be more sustainable for both the school and for the employer”.

Evaluation of Education and Employer Partnerships, KPMG (May 2010)

• Sustained 3 year partnership• Rooted in needs of school through gap analysis

across 4 key areas

• Local and national collaboration through ‘clusters’

How is Business Class Distinctive?

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Leadership & GovernanceLeadership & Governance

Enterprise & EmployabilityEnterprise & Employability

Curriculum Support

Curriculum Support Wider IssuesWider Issues

Business Class Clusters

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Bristol Reading Swindon

Warwickshire Coventry Cambridge Milton Keynes

Birmingham NottinghamBlack Country

North Wales

Liverpool Preston

Blackburn

Pendle

Burnley

Belfast Lurgan

Stirling

Hackney WestminsterTower HamletsIslington

Manchester Salford Stockport Tameside

Leeds Bradford

Southampton

Gloucester

Teesside (inc. Redcar)

Wakefield Sheffield

Derry

Cardiff Heads of the Valley

Worthing & BrightonBasingstoke

Derbyshire Northamptonshire

Peterborough Fenland Great Yarmouth

Slough

Business Class

Squire Sanders HammondsStyles & WoodThames WaterThe Enterprise CentreThomas ValeTNT ExpressToyotaUBS*UCFBUniversity Hospital Coventry PCT UPMValuations OfficeVEKAVeolia Environmental ServicesVISA EuropeVolkswagen Finance GroupWates*Weatherite HoldingsWest Mercia HousingWilliam KingWorld Duty FreeWylfa Power stationYorkshire BankYorkshire WaterZurich

* = National Champion

Businesses in active or developing partnershipsMersey RailMersey TravelMetsecMidcounties Co-operativeMorrisonNationwideNECNokia SiemensNorthgate Managed ServicesOracle Pannone Pets at HomePinsent MasonsPrincipality Building SocietyPrudential*PwCPZ CussonsRedcliffe CateringRidgeonsSanctury HousingScottish PowerSharpShoesmithSHS (Sales and Marketing)SiemansSodexoSpringfield Fuels

2 Sisters FoodGroup AdidasAF Blakemore AircelleAlcoaAlliance and LeicesterAPS GroupAudi UKBAE SystemsBaker TillyBAM ConstructionBarnfield ConstructionBates & WestonBBC Radio LancashireBBC Radio ManchesterBBC Radio MerseysideBelfast Health and Social CareTrustBirmingham AirportBoothsBootsBTCadbury Calico Housing Cambridge University Press

CarillionChesapeakeCiti GroupCity of LondonCluttonsCoca-Cola Colemore HousingContour HousingCorus CrownCSR plcDaisy CommunicationsDeloitteDiageoDTZDWFEcclesiasticalElmfield TrainingEnterprise Enterprise Rent-a-carErnst &YoungEuravia EngineeringEvershedsExperianFreshfieldsFusion Contact CentreGeo Post

Goldman Sachs*Graham and BrownHadley IndustriesHendersonHighland SpringHMRCHome Retail GroupHondaHSEICEISS FacilitiesJaguar Land Rover John LaingJohn LewisJonathon LeeKierKingspan Insulator PanelsKPMGLendleaseLinklatersLloyds Banking GroupLorne StewartManchester WorkingMansell ConstructionMarks and SpencerMartineauMaxxium UK Mersey Fire & Rescue

Prioritising engagement in hard-to-reach communities

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