“Effective partnerships between schools and businesses can offer benefits to all pupils across the full range of abilities and in all types of schools as well as teaching staff and governors”
 
CBEC offers both Primary and Secondary Schools the opportunity to link with local businesses through one of CBEC’s programmes or an idea which CBEC can support you with.

1. FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Work Experience:
• CBEC can provide assistance to new work experience co-ordinators to help them understand the process, risks, legal implications as well as assisting with pre-placement preparation, H&S briefing, finding placements, work experience database and placement debriefing and evaluation.
• To support all school work experience co-ordinators CBEC has produced a variety of documents to assist schools in the process – like Work Experience Guidelines and Work Experience Policy.
• CBEC's team of area advisors and administrators can support schools with issues, queries, accidents, advice or any other matter to help the process run smoothly.

Teachers Professional Development:  
• One-to-One Placement Service
CBEC provides this service for individual teachers interested in visiting a particular organisation or wanting to update themselves in a particular subject area. Request a '1-2-1 Placement Form' from CBEC, complete the form with what you want to achieve or where you would like to visit and we'll do the rest. The key is to let us know what your needs are so that we can develop group or individual programmes to suit needs.

Education Business Links:
• Work Ready Programme- a series of business workshops throughout the day, culminating in to a mock interview session with an employer (Testimony – one student recently won a scholarship to the 6th form at Gordonstoun, Scotland – she attributes gaining this amazing opportunity not only to her own hard work and dedication but to the skills she learnt at a Work Ready Programme)
• Schools in Business – a whole school approach to students employability
• Enterprise Challenges
• Health and Safety Workshops
 
 
2. FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Professional Development Placements
• for Primary School teachers, senior management and governors

Education Business Link
• Astronomy Experience
• Rural Skills Workshops
• Rural City Links
• Maths Workshops