Whether you choose it or teach it, start here
The person who selects a resource and the person who runs the lesson need different proof. Pick your door.
Exam skills. Visible engagement. Fits the budget.
You decide what the department adopts.
- Key decisions are linked to Edexcel topics, listed on the Curriculum page
- Rehearses exam technique, analysis, evaluation and judgement under pressure
- A class analysis by email within 48 hours: firm results and each student's recorded participation
- Licensed per school, per year, never per seat, with a low-risk free pilot first
Zero setup. Real engagement. Exam-relevant.
You run it with a full class on a Tuesday.
- No install, no logins, students join with a PIN in seconds
- Flexible length, three rounds of 10, 15, 20 or 25 minutes
- The live dashboard records key decisions, with student and class reports
- Organised by topic, not edutainment
Real business decisions, not a quiz
Up to eight firms of three or four students compete in one shared market, live. We moved the simulation from a coffee shop chain to a vehicle dealership network, because a missing product often means a real negotiation with a competitor, not just a lower price.
The Teacher Demo shows the real game in seven steps. Free, no PIN, no licence.
How to use it
Get ready
Log in with the teacher password and your licence key. Choose the course, the year group and how long the simulation runs, from 30 to 75 minutes. You get a 6-digit PIN.
Students join
Students open play.thebusiness.school on a laptop, desktop or Chromebook and type the PIN and a first name. When everyone is in, open firm setup: the game makes firms of 3 or 4 and gives everyone a role.
Run the lesson
Three rounds run on the clock. Each student’s Do now card shows their next step. Pause to discuss, and start the round 3 crisis when it suits you.
After the lesson
Each student writes a short reflection and downloads their own report. Your class analysis arrives by email within 48 hours.
Every student gets a personal report
When the simulation ends, each student downloads a private report of what they did, not a generic score. It is indicative, not an exam result, and it ends with a certificate of completion that records participation only. Assessment stays with the teacher.
What they did
The actions the game recorded for them, from stock purchases and prices to VAT filings and hires.
How they answered
Their Knowledge Check questions and how many they got right.
What they wrote
Their written answers from the lesson and their reflection at the end.
Teachers ran it. Then they ran it again.
Students really enjoyed the game.
After a later session Lyn called it “…really good”. The school now plays it every week.
“…definitely seemed much better”
Henry had run a first class before, and came back for a second.
“profit gives u an adrenaline rush.”
Early feedback from our pilot schools.
Join the waitlist →Key decisions link to Edexcel topics
During play students see plain instructions, not specification codes. The Curriculum page is a guide to the Edexcel 9BS0 topic for each key activity, not a mapping to any exam board, and your class analysis shows the topic of every Knowledge Check question. Check it against your own scheme of work.
See the topic guideWhat the student does · Edexcel 9BS0 topic
Built from a real lesson no classroom ever taught
That one mistake led to €8,400 in debt recovery. No teacher, no textbook and no careers advisor had ever mentioned it could happen.
A growing share of students already run a side hustle by sixth form. Social media has made entrepreneurship feel easy, but nobody teaches the financial fundamentals that make or break a young business.
What if students could make those mistakes safely, before they cost real money? That question became The Business School.
“At 17, I organised large-scale events, took real financial risks, and learned the hard way what happens when you miss a tax return.”
Founder, TBS Education Ltd Oy · Lahti, Finland
Proudly built in Finland, where pedagogy is founded on trust, equality and learning by doing.
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What teachers ask first
Is it free for teachers?＋
The teacher demo is free and needs no credit card. Licensing is per school (or per MAT), per year, with a free classroom pilot before any commitment.
Which levels does it fit?＋
The game runs at two levels: Level 2 (GCSE-level) and Level 3 (A level-level). When you set up a lesson you choose your qualification; that sets the level and the topics on offer, and names your course in the reports. The Knowledge Check questions are written for the level and the topic, not for one specification. During play students see plain instructions, not specification codes.
Do students need to install anything or make accounts?＋
No. It runs in the browser on a laptop, desktop or Chromebook, one screen per student. Students open the link and join with a 6-digit PIN and a first name, nothing to download, no logins to manage.
How many students, and how long does it take?＋
From 6 to 32 students, in up to 8 firms of 3 or 4. After up to 3 minutes of firm setup there are three rounds, and you set each round to 10, 15, 20 or 25 minutes. The rounds move on by themselves when the clock runs out, so it never stalls.
What does the teacher see and control?＋
A live control panel: pause and resume the rounds, start the round 3 crisis, see every student’s role and activity, and project the live chart of every firm’s net position. Afterwards each student downloads a private report, and your class analysis arrives by email within 48 hours. The game checks only the multiple-choice Knowledge Check answers. Nothing is turned into a mark, and assessment stays with the teacher.
Join the waitlist
We’ve brought the first waitlist invitations forward to 1 December 2026. Schools will be invited in batches; we’ll confirm access and licence terms by email. Nothing to install, and students join with a PIN.
Or try the demo now: play.thebusiness.school
Solo mode is coming to the game too.
One student, on their own
Coming soon.
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