Build ideas. Boost skills. Create futures.
Enhancing schools' enterprise education and giving students the confidence, knowledge and practical skills to turn ideas into income, ABE Business Builder is a self-regulated entrepreneurship programme designed to offer the best introduction to enterprise education.
Designed for classroom delivery, the programme introduces business, finance and entrepreneurship through practical, hands-on learning. Suitable for students from age 12 and above, it develops the future skills employers value, including creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, communication and financial awareness.
Unlike traditional business studies, Business Builder encourages students to learn by doing. Throughout ten interactive sessions, they develop business ideas, test and refine them, and ultimately produce a business plan before pitching their best idea with confidence.
Why choose Business Builder?
Business Builder has been designed for schools that want to prepare young people for an increasingly entrepreneurial world. Students learn how to:
- Think like an entrepreneur
- Spot opportunities and solve problems
- Understand customers and markets
- Create products and services people value
- Build confidence in presenting ideas
- Develop financial awareness
- Understand responsible and sustainable business
- Work effectively as individuals and in teams - developing leadership skills along the way
By the end of the programme, students have not only learned key business concepts—they have applied them to a business idea of their own.
Future-ready learning
Business Builder helps schools develop the skills that matter beyond the classroom, including:
- Entrepreneurial mindset and creativity
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Financial awareness and real-world understanding
- Communication, confidence and teamwork
These transferable skills support learners whether they go on to employment, higher education or start their own business.
What students will learn
Across ten engaging sessions, students explore topics including:
- Developing business ideas
- Competition and market research
- Understanding customers
- Supply and demand
- Creating a value proposition
- Sales and marketing
- Business operations
- Sustainability and responsible business
- Pricing, profit and finance
- Business structures
- Social enterprise
- Building a business plan
- Pitching ideas to investors
Designed for teachers
Business Builder is designed for classroom delivery and can be offered as an enrichment programme or integrated into the school timetable.
Teachers don't need a business background to deliver the course.
Every programme includes:
- Complete classroom PowerPoint presentations for every session
- Detailed lesson plans
- Activity handouts
- Links to supporting videos
- Digital ABE certificates for students
Everything is provided to help teachers deliver engaging, fun, interactive sessions from day one.
Flexible delivery
Business Builder has been written to suit a variety of classroom settings.
Activities can be completed individually, in pairs or in groups depending on class size and teaching style, making the programme suitable for different learning environments and cohorts of all sizes.
Programme overview
Age: 12+ (content can be adapted to suit students' ability)
Format: Classroom-based
Duration: 10 sessions
Recommended session length: 90 minutes
Assessment: Students complete a business plan and deliver a final business pitch
Certification: Digital ABE certificate for every participant
Progression opportunities
Students wishing to continue their entrepreneurial journey can progress to the ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up, providing a natural pathway from introductory enterprise education to a recognised qualification.
Ready to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs?
Whether you're looking to enrich your curriculum, develop future skills or introduce practical business education, ABE Business Builder provides everything you need to engage and inspire your students.
Contact us today to find out how Business Builder could work in your school.