Textbook
Lead & Succeed is your go-to resource to lead you to success in the new Leaving Certificate Business course – and beyond!
- Written specifically for the new Leaving Certificate Business specification, with ongoing focus on the four cross-cutting themes – Ethics and sustainability, Entrepreneurial thinking, Business and financial literacy, and Digital transformation.
- Offers a clear pathway through the course with a straightforward, structured approach. Chapters link and cover outcomes in a logical sequence.
- Emphasises critical skills, such as analysis, application and evaluation.
- Engagement with the real world of business, through case studies and business-related news and media stories.
- Opportunities to achieve the Unifying Strand outcomes woven throughout features, questions and tasks.
- Wide variety of assessment opportunities through scaffolded tasks.
Skills and Assessment
The Skills and Assessment book supports student learning and exam preparation. A variety of question types aids differentiation and offers assessment and learning opportunities for all students.
- Opening tasks refresh prior knowledge
- Recall questions to assess understanding
- Long answer questions are scaffolded with hints and sample answers
- Sample papers released by the SEC show that the questions combine outcomes from across strands for assessment. Lead and Succeed mirrors this approach, allowing you to teach and assess in line with exam requirements from the get-go. Plenty of exam-style questions will be added so you can rest assured that your students are well prepared for their exams.
Teacher’s Resource Book
The Teacher’s Resource Book offers invaluable support for planning and delivering the course, and assessing student learning with:
- advice on planning
- sample plans
- templates
- additional resources and activities
- solutions
- information on assessment
Take a look at some pages from the Fifth Year schemes of work here.
Digital Resources
Digital resources are available on Educateplus including
- Free eBook with every purchase
- Downloadable planning templates
- Additional resources including numerous links to relevant media, such as podcasts and videos.
- PowerPoints will be available for every chapter. Take a look at Chapter 1 here
- Helena has created additional digital resources which include quizzes and flashcards, which you can see examples of here




