Business Studies

This course could lead you onto a range of careers from banking, sales, product management and general management to working in public sector organisations or charities.
  • Pathway(s):
  • Advanced Level
  • Exam Board:
  • Edexcel

What Will I Study?

You will study an exciting range of texts across four themes:

In Year 12 you will study:

  1. Theme 1 – Marketing and People
  2. Theme 2 – Managing Business Activities

Moving into Year 13, you will broaden your knowledge by covering:

  1. Theme 3 – Business Decisions and strategy
  2. Theme 4 – Global Business

How Will I Be Assessed?

At the end of Yr. 13, you will sit 3 exams.

  1. Paper 1 Marketing, people and global business – 35% of the total qualification
  2. Paper 2 – Business activities, decisions and strategy – 35% of the total qualification
  3. Paper 3 – Investigating business in a competitive environment – 30% of the total qualification

What Could I Do Next?

There are a range of higher education courses as business management, business administration, accountancy and finance, human resource management, marketing, retail management, tourism management and international business.

All of the above courses could lead onto a range of careers from banking, sales, product management and general management to working in public sector organisations or charities.

Subject Specific Entry Requirements

Grade 5 in Maths would be beneficial but not essential.

Where Can I Get More Information?

Contact Mr. S. Bashir, Head of Faculty for Digital Technologies and Business.

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