Introduce mandatory business and entrepreneurship in secondary curriculum

I am deeply concerned that, in 2025, we continue to deliver a national curriculum designed for the traditional career paths of the 1980s rather than the technologies and opportunities of today.

735 Signatures

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Thursday 23rd October 2025
Last 24 hours signatures
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Thursday 23rd April 2026
Estimated Final Signatures: 741

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Entrepreneurship should not be treated as an optional extra, but as a matter of strategic national importance.

With AI and automation already reshaping the workforce at speed, I think our young people risk being left behind unless significant modernisation is brought into our school curriculum.

The next great British founder could be sitting in a classroom right now but without guidance, inspiration and education on how to develop their ideas, they may never discover what they’re capable of.


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