Economics
Heart of Yorkshire Education Group - Wakefield
01924789789
Margaret Street, Wakefield, WF1 2DH
Course summary

Do you want to explore the relationship between an individual’s decisions and local economics? Or consider how economic policymakers can affect change on the national or global stage. You will find out about the terms, concepts, theories and models in both micro and macroeconomics and learn how to evaluate the effects of economic agents for yourself. You will learn about markets and how they fail as well as study both national and international economies including topics such as competition; monopolies; the labour market; fiscal policy, government intervention, inequality and poverty and much more. Individuals, firms, markets and market failure. This area of study covers topics like individual economic decision-making; production, costs and revenue; perfect competition, imperfectly competitive markets and monopoly; the labour market; the distribution of income and wealth: poverty and inequality; and the market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets. The national and international economy. This area of study covers topics like the measurement of macroeconomic performance; how the macroeconomy works; the circular flow of income, AD/AS analysis and related concepts; economic performance; financial markets and monetary policy; fiscal policy and supply-side policies; and the international economy.

Entry requirements

5 GCSEs in grades 9-4, including English Language and a grade 6 in maths.

How you'll be assessed

This course is examined by written external exams, set and marked by the exam board. To pass the full A Level you will sit three 2-hour exams at the end of the 2nd year Paper 1: assessment of markets and market failure. You answer two long questions; one from each section. In section A, you can choose one context from a choice of two, and in section B one context from a choice of three. Paper 2: assessment of national and international economy – again, you answer two long questions; one from each section. In section A, you can choose one context from a choice of two, and in section B one context from a choice of three. Paper 3: assessment of economic principles and issues. Section A is multiple choice and section B has extended writing questions.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Local AuthorityWakefield
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressMargaret Street, Wakefield, WF1 2DH