Business & Enterprise
The Business & Enterprise Department is housed in five classrooms, all of which provide a welcoming environment for students.
Recent departmental activities to promote Business & Enterprise for the students have included Enterprise Week, and Law CaVe for Year 9 students and two enrichments, which are Mini Enterprise and School Bank. Mini Enterprise gives students the opportunity to set up their own business in the Academy.
Similarly, School Bank enables the students to run their own branch of HSBC in the Academy.
Department Staff
| Name | Position |
| Miss E Hill | Head of Department |
| Mr R Spence | Teacher of Business & Enterprise |
| Mrs J Maddison | BTEC Co-ordinator / Head of Year |
| Mr P Henderson | Teacher of Business & Enterprise and Law |
| Mrs C Bartell | Teacher of Business & Enterprise and Law |
| Miss S Baker | Teacher of Business & Enterprise and Law |
Syllabus
Key Stage 4
At key stage 4 students are given the option to follow the Edexcel BTEC orthe GCSE programme.
The courses are taught by specialist teachers of Business Education. The BTEC course accounts for 4 GCSEs and includes topics such as basics of business purposes, business forecasting, communications, people management, customer relations, personal finance and business enterprise. There are no examinations in this course.
The GCSE course focuses on small businesses in Year 10 and large businesses in Year 11. It covers the main business topics of business start-up, marketing, human resources, financial management and economics. It is assessed via a multiple choice exam at the end of Year 10 (worth 25%), a piece of controlled assessment at the start of Year 11 (worth 25%) and a final extended answer examination at the end of Year 11 (worth 50%).Post 16
We teach BTEC Certificate, Subsidiary Diploma and Diploma in Business.
The choice of specification is based upon our particular expertise in the subjects, what we consider the most appropriate format for examination and coursework and, of course, our perception as to the specification which will give our students the greatest opportunity to gain the best grade possible.
Examination Results
GCSE's |
|
Year |
Percentage A* - C Grades |
2011 |
92% |
2010 |
79% |
2009 |
68% |
Post 16 Business & Enterprise
Our BTEC courses have been chosen for the following reasons:
- there is a clear follow-on from the GCSE; though this is not essential. They are taught in small parts, called units, and they are all coursework, which means that everything does not depend upon a final examination;
- Completing three BTEC units in the first year means you automatically gain the equivalent of an 'AS' level qualification. Further units in the second year lead to the full qualification equivalent to 'A2' Level. The units include topics such as:
- Exploring Business Activity
- Introduction to Marketing
- Investigating Business Resources
Grade boundaries |
Overall grade BTEC Certificate |
Overall grade |
Overall grade BTEC Diploma |
UCAS points |
210-229 |
Pass |
|
|
20 |
230-249 |
Merit |
|
|
40 |
250-259 |
Distinction |
|
|
60 |
260-270 |
Distinction* |
|
|
70 |
420–459 |
|
Pass |
|
40 |
460–499 |
|
Merit |
|
80 |
500-519 |
|
Distinction |
|
120 |
520-540 |
|
Distinction* |
|
140 |
840-879 |
|
|
Pass/Pass |
80 |
880-919 |
|
|
Merit/Pass |
120 |
920-959 |
|
|
Merit/Merit |
160 |
960-999 |
|
|
Distinction/Merit |
200 |
1000-1029 |
|
|
Distinction/Distinction |
240 |
1030-1059 |
|
|
Distinction*/Distinction |
260 |
1059-1080 |
|
|
Distinction*/Distinction* |
280 |
