Learning Outside the Classroom

  • The Curriculum Area leads the delivery of the College's Enterprise Education programme and students are encouraged to participate in a range of extra-curricular activities.
  • In addition, a number of staff have wide-ranging vocational experience of commerce, industry and self-employment. There are excellent examples of staff using lessons to enhance work related learning.
  • All Year 9 students will visit Parkway Cinema to collect evidence for their BTEC coursework (BTEC students) or to investigate the activities of a Private Limited Company (GCSE students).
  • In 2008-9, Tollbar students recognised as gifted in Business Studies entered the Swedish Challenge enterprise competition, coming third and winning prizes totalling £380 for themselves and the College; this followed a similar success the previous year.
  • Tollbar’s Year 13 Business students have won the Ogden Trust Enterprise Challenge for the last two years.
  • All students in Year 10 are given the opportunity to set up their own enterprise company within the College; in 2007-8, 4 companies were entered for the Young Enterprise Company Programme with the following successes;

    • Best North East Lincolnshire Company - 'Pulse'
    • Regional Finalists - 'Charming'
    • Trade Fair awards - 'Pulse', 'Charming', 'Mighty Magnets'
    • 'Mighty Magnets' won a contract to supply Grimsby Town FC club shop with souvenirs
    • Matthew Draycott, business advisor to 'Charming' won UK National Business Advisor of the Year

  • In 2008-9, seven Companies have been registered across Years 10 and 12 with support from a range of teaching staff across six Curriculum Areas and Business Advisors from eight local and national companies.
  • In 2009, funding was obtained to finance the College’s Dragons’ Den activity which helped Year 12 students to launch a range of social enterprise schemes.
  • Further funding was obtained from the 2012 London Olympic Games Organising Committee to finance a Year 6 transitional activity to be held at Tollbar in summer 2009.