Future Founders at Sedbergh

Future Founders invites young entrepreneurs to design and promote their own business idea, from first concept to full launch. Morning sessions focus on developing ideas and practical skills, building on the foundations of the school LIRA programme: how artificial intelligence and technology are changing business, coding and innovation techniques, leadership and teamwork through real business challenges, social media, branding and mental health in modern enterprise, global business and interviews with local entrepreneurs, and guest workshops from local professionals and business owners. Selected afternoons carry further business workshops and project work. The course culminates in a Dragons Den style finale, where students pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. An advanced level of English is required.

The weekly cost of the course covers all accommodation, meals, English lessons, all sports and activities, excursions, internet access and a laundry service. Airport transfers are not included and are listed separately under extras.

The course is fully residential. Boys and girls are accommodated in separate boarding houses, each supervised by a Houseparent. Single bedrooms are available alongside dormitories sleeping two to four pupils. Bed linen and bath towels are provided, and a full laundry service runs twice weekly.

Full board is provided throughout the stay, and all meals are included in the course fee.

Students join the wider summer school community for afternoon and evening activities, including sports, excursions and social events, which lets them meet peers from around the world and practise their English in informal settings. Excursions take the learning beyond the classroom and include a negotiation challenge.

Pupils live and study on the Sedbergh School campus in Cumbria. The site provides boarding houses, classrooms, a sports hall, outdoor playing fields, swimming facilities, a student lounge and games areas, with internet access throughout and an on-site laundry service.

Sedbergh sits among the fells of Cumbria, and the summer school uses both the campus and the country around it. Students live in boarding houses under Houseparent care alongside peers from more than twenty countries, and spend their mornings building a business idea with a team they have only just met.