A student-led council for NSW secondary schools

Business and finance education, run by the students who need it.

SSBC connects business societies across Sydney schools through a shared competition, a shared curriculum, and a shared network — built by students, for students, and judged by the industry they're preparing to enter.

The council, in brief

Participating schools10+
Founding formatCase Competition
LaunchTerm 1, 2027
University backingUNSW · Macquarie

Three programs, one council

Each existing school business society keeps its own identity. SSBC is the shared layer that connects them — a competition to compete in, a curriculum to learn from, and a network to belong to.

Compete

SSBC Competition

An interschool business case competition, opening with an online qualifying round and closing with a live final judged by industry professionals.

Learn

SSBC Learn

Short, self-paced resources students can finish in 10–20 minutes — how a business makes money, reading an income statement, debt versus equity, and market research fundamentals.

Connect

SSBC Network

A council of member societies, each represented by one or two student delegates, coordinating events, speakers, and opportunities across schools.

2027 Sydney Interschool Business Case Competition

A company that unfolds in real time, not a report due in three weeks.

Teams of three to four students take over a fictional Australian infrastructure operator and steer it through four live episodes — no finance background assumed, no single right answer. Every team receives the same information at the same time.

Round 1 runs entirely online. Finalists present in person to a professional judging panel at the live final.

Register a school
  1. 01
    Growth
    Fund and price an expansion into a live infrastructure market.
  2. 02
    Competition
    A rival operator enters — the team has to respond.
  3. 03
    Shock
    An energy or regulatory shock tests the plan under pressure.
  4. 04
    Financing
    A debt-versus-equity call, closed out with a recorded pitch.

Backed by

SSBC is developed with guidance and support from university partners, alongside professionals who review our case materials and judge the live final.

UNSW Macquarie University

SSBC is seeking additional strategic partners for the 2027 competition — case review, judging, mentoring, and delivery support. See "Get involved" below.

The council

SSBC is coordinated by student representatives from each member school's own business society.

The King's School
Sydney Grammar School
Knox Grammar School
Sydney Boys High School
The Scots College
Kambala
MLC School
Barker College
St Catherine's School
North Sydney Boys High School
North Sydney Girls High School

Get involved

SSBC is built by its member schools and grows through partnership. Here's where to start.

Schools

Bring your school's business, finance, or investment society into the council and register teams for the 2027 competition.

Register your school  →

Sponsors & partners

Support case development, provide judges or mentors, or help fund delivery of a multi-school competition and final.

Start a partnership  →

Students

Not part of a member society yet? Reach out — we'll connect you with your nearest school representative.

Get in touch  →