Young Persons Enterprise Prgramme

The Young Publishers Enterprise Programme (YPEP) is a structured 6 week school based literacy and enterprise accelerator.  

It enables pupils to design, produce and commercially launch a professional digital  school magazine, supported by local business sponsorship. 

• Raise literacy and reading standards

• Improve writing quality  

• Deliver meaningful careers 

• Meet Gatsby Benchmarks  

• Strengthen employer engagement 

• Develop resilience and teamwork  

• Strengthen reading, writing and creative expression  

• Develop communication and commercial awareness  

• Teach financial literacy and budgeting 

• Build leadership and teamwork capability  

• Connect schools with local businesses  

• Generate additional revenue for schools  

Revenue Generation: Local businesses are invited to sponsor the school product with influential benefits to them.

Community Engagement: Engaging with local businesses and the wider community - promoting positive and influential partnerships between everyone involved.

Schools  

• Minimal financial risk  

• Additional funding stream  

• Curriculum-aligned enrichment 

 • Strengthened community engagement  

Pupils  

• Real-world enterprise experience  

• Published portfolio work  

• Confidence and leadership growth  

• Commercial literacy exposure  

For Businesses  

• Exposure to parents and carers  

• Website and social media visibility  

• Community engagement profile 

• Support of local education 

• All content approved by school leadership  

• Transparent financial reporting  

• Clear advertising guidelines  

• Written partnership agreement  

• Safeguarding compliance