Key Stage 4 Business and Enterprise

GCSE Business (Edexcel)

• Theme 1 concentrates on the key business concepts, issues and skills involved in starting and running a small business. It provides a framework for students to explore core concepts through the lens of an entrepreneur setting up a business.
  • In this theme, students will be introduced to local and national business contexts and will develop an understanding of how these contexts impact business behaviour and decisions.

• Theme 2 examines how a business develops beyond the start-up phase. It focuses on the key business concepts, issues and decisions used to grow a business, with emphasis on aspects of marketing, operations, finance and human resources.
  • In this theme, students will be introduced to national and global business contexts and will develop an understanding of how these contexts impact business behaviour and decisions.

• Across both themes students develop an understanding of the interdependent nature of business activity through interactions between business operations, finance, marketing and human resources, as well as the relationship between the business and the environment in which it operates.

Assessment - 1 hour 45 min exam papers x 2 at the end of year 11.

KS5 Business

The Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate or Diploma in Business are Applied General qualifications. They are for post-16 learners who want to continue their education through applied learning and who aim to progress to higher education and ultimately to employment in the business sector. The qualifications have been designed as full 2-year programmes which are taken alongside further Level 3 qualifications.

We currently offer pupils the chance to study the following course/topics:

Extended Certificate - 1 A level equivalent

• Unit 1: Exploring Business (Coursework)
• Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign (Exam)
• Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance (Exam)
• Unit 27: Work Experience (Coursework)

Diploma - 2 A level equivalent

• Unit 4 Planning an Event (Coursework)
• Unit 5 International Business (Coursework)
• Unit 6 Principles of Business Management (Exam)
• Unit 8: Recruitment and Selection Process (Coursework)

Further information/Career Options:

Career Options: Apprenticeships in Business, Finance, Administration. Also, Marketing, Accountancy, Business Management or even setting up your own Business. Students who have completed this course have successfully gained places at university or gone on to higher level apprenticeships or employment.

Further information available from:

Miss C Sawyer - Subject Leader for Business, (tws_admin@swale.at)