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As a department we endorse the school’s vision of being D.R.I.V.E.N. by encouraging students to achieve their potential through an engaging curriculum. Our vision is to develop real world, enterprising, and employability skills for tomorrow's leaders and to prepare our students for an ever changing and challenging business environment. We believe students values and enthusiasm is as important as the skills and knowledge they develop, therefore we have carefully selected a curriculum which interests and challenges our students by applying their learning to real business organisations and real-time business news. Both GCSE and A-Level courses focus on building logical arguments for achieving specific Business or Economic decisions, based on knowledge and evidence from case studies or live business situations We provide an environment for all students to be entrepreneurial, independent learners, confident presenters and strong team players with a sound understanding of the world in which they live. Our lessons are designed to inspire and challenge our students to value diversity, be open- minded, develop teamwork skills, take risks and develop their financial awareness.

As a department we are passionate about students developing their entrepreneurial skills and their understanding of the world that we live in. As a result we provide a range of extra-curricular opportunities which includes trips to institutions which are linked to our curriculum, guest speakers and encourage students to participate in Enterprise challenges or competitions.

Curriculum Content

GCSE Business – (Edexcel)

Year 10: Theme 1: Investigating Small Business (50% of the qualification)

Content Overview

Topic 1.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship
Topic 1.2 Spotting a business opportunity
Topic 1.3 Putting a business idea into practice
Topic 1.4 Making the business effective
Topic 1.5 Understanding external influences on business

Year 11: Theme 2: Building a Business( (50% of the qualification)

Content overview

Topic 2.1 Growing the business
Topic 2.2 Making marketing decisions
Topic 2.3 Making product decisions
Topic 2.4 Making financial decisions
Topic 2.5 Making human resource decisions

Assessment – 100% written Exams

GCE ALEVEL Business (Edexcel)

Year 1 AS Business Curriculum Content

Theme 1 Marketing and people

1.1 Meeting customer needs

1.2 The market

1.3 Marketing mix and strategy

1.4 Managing people

1.5 Entrepreneurs and leaders

Theme 2 Managing business activities

2.1 Raising finance

2.2 Financial planning

2.3 Managing finance

2.4 Resource management

2.5 External influences

Year 2 A2 Business Curriculum Content

Theme 4 Global business

4.1 Globalisation

4.2 Global markets and business expansion

4.3 Global marketing

4.4 Global industries and companies (multinational corporations)

Theme 3 Business decisions and strategy

3.1 Business objectives and strategy

3.2 Business growth

3.3 Decision-making techniques

3.4 Influences on business decisions

3.5 Assessing competitiveness

3.6 Managing change

BTEC Nationals LEVEL 3 Extended Certificate in Business ( Edexcel)

Unit Title	Guided Learning hours	Type	Assessment
Exploring Business	90	Mandatory	Internal
Developing a Marketing Campaign	90	Mandatory	External
Personal and Business Finance	120	Mandatory	External
Recruitment and Selection Process	60	Optional	Internal