Enterprise Future Skills: Think Like an Entrepreneur
A fast-paced enterprise workshop that unleashes creativity, confidence, and leadership — challenging students to think big, take risks, and turn ideas into action through hands-on business challenges and team-based innovation.
Inspire your students to see themselves as creators, not just consumers
The Think Like an Entrepreneur workshop isn't about turning children into business owners — it's about developing the mindset. Creativity, resilience, initiative, and the confidence to try something new. These are the skills that every child needs, whether they start a business or not.
Every session is adapted to your year group. Reception and Year 1 explore enterprise through role-play shops and simple 'what would you make?' challenges. Year 2 and 3 design products, create brand names, and practise persuading customers. Year 4 and 5 run full enterprise simulations — budgets, marketing, and profit. Year 6 pitch their business ideas in a Dragon's Den-style event, facing questions and defending their strategy.
Supports the 2028 Citizenship curriculum, PSHE enterprise objectives, and the Core Enrichment Entitlement — every pupil experiencing wider life skills and civic engagement.
2028 Curriculum Change
Citizenship becomes compulsory in primary schools from September 2028, with enterprise and civic participation as core elements. The Core Enrichment Entitlement also requires every pupil to experience wider life skills. Schools running enterprise workshops now are building the culture ahead of statutory requirements.
Future Skills Passport
Part of the Skills Passport
This workshop maps directly to the Think Like an Entrepreneur skill in the Future Skills Passport programme. Book it as a standalone wow-factor day, or as part of your school's journey towards Bronze, Silver, or Gold accreditation.
Discover
EYFS & Year 1
Explore
Year 2 & 3
Apply
Year 4 & 5
Lead
Year 6
What Students Do
Six hands-on activities, adapted by age
Every activity is designed to build a different aspect of this skill. Your facilitator selects and adapts activities based on the year group.
1
Idea Spark
Students generate business ideas by spotting problems worth solving and imagining products or services that would help. Creativity and volume are rewarded — wild ideas encouraged.
All year groups
2
Market Research
Teams investigate whether their idea would actually work — surveying classmates, identifying their target customer, and discovering what people would pay for.
Year 2+
3
Brand Builder
Students create a brand identity for their product — name, logo, tagline, and packaging design. They learn that how you present an idea matters as much as the idea itself.
Year 1+
4
Pitch Perfect
Teams prepare and deliver a 90-second pitch for their business — practising persuasion, confidence, and the ability to explain a complex idea simply.
Year 2+
5
Profit & Purpose
Students explore the difference between profit and social enterprise — discovering that businesses can make money AND make a difference. They redesign their idea to include social impact.
Year 4+
6
Dragon's Den
Year 6 students face the full Dragon's Den experience — pitching to a panel, answering tough questions, negotiating, and learning to handle rejection and feedback gracefully.
Year 5 & 6
Learning Outcomes
What students take away
Every session is designed around measurable outcomes that align with the National Curriculum and the Future Skills Passport framework.
Creative ideation
Students can identify opportunities, generate ideas, and think beyond the obvious to find innovative solutions.
Business basics
Students understand profit, costs, marketing, and customer value — the fundamentals of how enterprise works.
Pitching and presentation
Students can present their ideas persuasively, handle questions, and respond to feedback constructively.
Social impact awareness
Students understand that enterprise can drive positive change — profit and purpose aren't mutually exclusive.
The Dragon's Den was the highlight of our school year. Students who usually shy away from speaking were pitching with passion and conviction. One team's idea was so good, we actually ran it as our summer fair stall — and raised £340.
Headteacher
Primary School, London
Plan Your Enrichment Calendar
Perfect For
Aligns with enterprise awareness events and careers education throughout the year.
Global Entrepreneurship Week · NovemberNational Careers Week · MarchEnterprise Day Enrichment · Year Round
Pricing & Your Workshop Day
Mission-Led Pricing for Future Skills
Every child deserves these skills. We’ve kept Future Skills workshops accessible to every school’s PSHE budget — including Pupil Premium — so price is never the reason a class misses out.
Half Day
Up to 4 sessions
£599Future Skills accessible price
£499
+VAT
Up to 128 students · £3.87 per student
35–40 min sessions
Up to 32 students per session
EYFS – Year 6 adaptable
All resources & materials included
Dedicated facilitator
Best Value
Full Day
Up to 7 sessions
£799Future Skills accessible price
£599
+VAT
Up to 224 students · from £2.66 per student
40 min (Y3–6) · 35 min (Y1–2 & EYFS)
Up to 32 students per session
EYFS – Year 6 adaptable
All resources & materials included
Dedicated facilitator
Reach every class in your school
✨ After your workshop
Make it stick — add the Future Skills Passport
Workshops are how schools meet the Future Skills Passport. The Passport is the year-long journey — pupils carry their progress from one workshop to the next, and teachers get the statutory PSHE evidence built in.
✓Year-long progression tracking across all 12 Future Skills strands
✓Pupil badges & certificates they can show parents and take to Year 7
✓Statutory PSHE auto-mapped to the DfE framework — no spreadsheets
✓One-click inspection PDF — per pupil, per class, whole-school
✓Members’ discount on every additional Spark2 workshop
✓Free staff training session included with every subscription
From £249/year for a single class · whole-school options available
Sample full-day timetable
Here’s how a typical full-day workshop fits around your school day. KS2 sessions run 40 minutes; KS1 & EYFS sessions run 35 minutes. We’re flexible — we’ll work around your timetable.
9:00 – 9:40
Session 1
e.g. Year 3 · 40 min
9:45 – 10:25
Session 2
e.g. Year 4 · 40 min
10:25 – 10:40
Morning break
10:40 – 11:20
Session 3
e.g. Year 5 · 40 min
11:25 – 12:05
Session 4
e.g. Year 6 · 40 min
12:05 – 1:00
Lunch break
1:00 – 1:35
Session 5
e.g. Year 1 · 35 min
1:40 – 2:15
Session 6
e.g. Year 2 · 35 min
2:20 – 2:55
Session 7
e.g. EYFS / Reception · 35 min
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This workshop is part of the Future Skills Passport programme. Book it as a standalone wow-factor day, or as part of your school’s journey towards Bronze, Silver, or Gold accreditation.
