What will students study in Business A-level at KS5? In Year 12, students will start learning Business A-level following the Edexcel syllabus. There will be two Themes running at the same time during the year, Theme 1 and Theme 2. While Theme 1 – Marketing and People, will focus on developing students’ understanding of meeting customer needs, the market, marketing mix and strategy and managing people; Theme 2 – Managing Business Activities will delve into raising finance, financial planning, managing finance, resource management and external influences. In Year 13, students will move onto the next two Themes to complete their A-level studies. In Theme 3, students will build on their knowledge of resource management and external influences from Theme 2 by learning about how businesses grow, various decision-making techniques, assessing competitiveness and managing chance in an organisation. Theme 4 is a continuation of Theme 1 and students develop an understanding of globalisation, global markets and business expansion, global industries and multinational corporations. What are the major assessments at KS5? In Year 12, students will have teacher assessments, which will come in the form of end of topic assessments as well as a mock exam at the end of Autumn term and end of year mock in the Summer term. In Year 13, in addition to the teacher assessments that consist of end of topic as well as mock assessments in the Spring term, there will be three external examinations in May/June exam series. The external examinations will contribute to the overall A-level grade as follows: Paper 1: Marketing People and Global Businesses – 35% of the total qualification. Paper 2: Business activities, decisions and strategy – 35% of the total qualification. Paper 3: Investigating business in a competitive environment – 30% of total qualification. Each exam paper is 2 hours in length and move from shorter written responses to essays. What do assessments test? Paper 1 will assess marketing, people and global businesses. Questions will be drawn from Themes 1 and 4, and from local, national and global contexts. Paper 2 will assess business finance and operations, business decisions and strategy. Questions will be drawn from Themes 2 and 3, and from local, national and global contexts. Paper 3 will assess content across all four themes. Questions will be drawn from local, national and global contexts. For Paper 3, there will be a pre-released context document issued by the Exam Board in November of the previous year. The context will focus on a broad context, such as an industry or market in which businesses operate. Whom should I contact for further advice or information? Curriculum Leader of Business, Mr Stockwell: jimstockwell@carshaltongirls.org.uk
6 in Business Studies and 6 English Language or 6 in Mathematics
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What will students study in Business A-level at KS5? In Year 12, students will start learning Business A-level following the Edexcel syllabus. There will be two Themes running at the same time during the year, Theme 1 and Theme 2. While Theme 1 – Marketing and People, will focus on developing students’ understanding of meeting customer needs, the market, marketing mix and strategy and managing people; Theme 2 – Managing Business Activities will delve into raising finance, financial planning, managing finance, resource management and external influences. In Year 13, students will move onto the next two Themes to complete their A-level studies. In Theme 3, students will build on their knowledge of resource management and external influences from Theme 2 by learning about how businesses grow, various decision-making techniques, assessing competitiveness and managing chance in an organisation. Theme 4 is a continuation of Theme 1 and students develop an understanding of globalisation, global markets and business expansion, global industries and multinational corporations. What are the major assessments at KS5? In Year 12, students will have teacher assessments, which will come in the form of end of topic assessments as well as a mock exam at the end of Autumn term and end of year mock in the Summer term. In Year 13, in addition to the teacher assessments that consist of end of topic as well as mock assessments in the Spring term, there will be three external examinations in May/June exam series. The external examinations will contribute to the overall A-level grade as follows: Paper 1: Marketing People and Global Businesses – 35% of the total qualification. Paper 2: Business activities, decisions and strategy – 35% of the total qualification. Paper 3: Investigating business in a competitive environment – 30% of total qualification. Each exam paper is 2 hours in length and move from shorter written responses to essays. What do assessments test? Paper 1 will assess marketing, people and global businesses. Questions will be drawn from Themes 1 and 4, and from local, national and global contexts. Paper 2 will assess business finance and operations, business decisions and strategy. Questions will be drawn from Themes 2 and 3, and from local, national and global contexts. Paper 3 will assess content across all four themes. Questions will be drawn from local, national and global contexts. For Paper 3, there will be a pre-released context document issued by the Exam Board in November of the previous year. The context will focus on a broad context, such as an industry or market in which businesses operate. Whom should I contact for further advice or information? Curriculum Leader of Business, Mr Stockwell: jimstockwell@carshaltongirls.org.uk
6 in Business Studies and 6 English Language or 6 in Mathematics
