King’s Business School
Funded
Places
2027
Monday 19th to Friday 23rd July 2027
The sector-leading summer entrepreneurship programme for young people in Year 9 to Year 12, learning directly from the country’s most exciting founders. A number of fully funded places are reserved each year for pupils at King’s partner schools.
Apply for a funded place
Open to all partner schools
Each July the programme brings together a mixed cohort of pupils from King’s and from a range of other schools across London and beyond, who spend the week learning what it takes to turn an idea into a business.
To reflect that range, King’s reserves a number of fully funded places each year for pupils at its partner schools. These places are offered at no cost, and pupils who take them join the full programme on exactly the same terms as everyone else.
Partner schools
Funded places are reserved for pupils who attend one of King’s partner schools. Pupils whose school appears in the list below are eligible to apply.
Pupils who are unsure whether their school is a partner school should ask the teacher who shared this page with them.
What a place includes
A funded place covers everything a full place includes, at no cost.
- Full access to the week, Monday to Friday, including keynote talks, expert-led workshops, and team challenges.
- All meals and refreshments, provided on site each day.
- A welcome pack and all course materials.
- A course certificate.
- The option to be invited back to future alumni events.
There is nothing to buy and nothing to prepare in advance. Everything is provided on site.
What pupils gain
King’s Business School is a sector-leading entrepreneurship programme for young people.
The week is designed to build confidence that entrepreneurship is for everyone. Participants spend the week learning from some of the UK’s leading founders and entrepreneurs.
- Building confidence in pitching, presenting, and working as part of a team.
- Solving real-world problems alongside pupils from other schools.
- As well as being introduced to the fundamentals of business finance.
- Networking with like-minded peers and making friends.
Speakers in recent years have included Riccardo Zacconi (co-founder of King, the studio behind Candy Crush Saga), Laura Modiano (global founder programmes at OpenAI), Nick Wheeler OBE (founder of Charles Tyrwhitt), Nick Robertson (co-founder of ASOS), Will Dean (founder of Tough Mudder), and Michelle Kennedy (founder of Peanut).
Funded places are available to pupils in Years 11 and 12 only.
A typical day
Based on a recent programme. The 2027 timetable will follow a similar shape, running from around 9.00am to 4.00pm.
How to apply
The application deadline is Friday 12th February 2027.
- Register using the form below.and
- Submit a two-minute video covering any one or more of the following:
- Passion: what excites the applicant about business, any business hero or company they admire, and what draws them to this field.
- Experience: any previous experience of entrepreneurial activities, such as school projects, personal ventures, or ideas the applicant has dreamed up.
- Goals: what the applicant hopes to gain from the business school, and any skills they wish to develop or areas of business they want to explore more deeply.
The form takes only a few minutes to complete.
