Business Studies
The Business Studies Department is housed in five well equipped and comfortably furnished classrooms, all of which provide a welcoming environment for students.
Monday is used for department meetings and staff training. Recent inset courses include:
- Law - Revisions to current syllabus
- Business Vocational Education
- Enterprise
- TEEP
Recent departmental activities to promote Business for the students have included Enterprise Week, and Law CaVe for year 9 students and the Young Enterprise scheme. The department also runs an Enterprise day for post 16 students.
Department Staff
| Name | Position |
| Mr R Spence | Head of Department |
| Miss E Hill | Teacher of Business Studies |
| Mrs J Maddison | BTEC Co-ordinator / Head of Year |
| Mr P Henderson | Teacher of Business Studies |
| Ms C Scott | Teacher of Business Studies and Law |
Syllabus
Key Stage 4
At key stage 4 students are given the option to follow the Edexcel BTEC or the AQA GCSE programme.
All BTEC students have their own copy of the relevant BTEC Business textbook, and GCSE students have their own copy of the CGP GCSE Business Studies Revision Guide and Workbook.
The courses are taught by specialist teachers of Business Education.
Our schemes of work, extension materials, differentiated worksheets and unit tests are modified regularly.
Post 16
We teach BTEC 1st, BTEC National and Certificate in Business. We also teach BTEC Law. The choice of syllabus 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 syllabus which will give our students the greatest opportunity to gain the best grade possible.
Examination Results
GCSE's |
|
Year |
Percentage A* - C Grades |
2008 |
87% |
2007 |
94% |
2006 |
94% |
2005 |
94% |
2004 |
94% |
2003 |
93% |
2002 |
73% |
Post 16 Business Studies
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;
- In Year 12 Law we have introduced BTEC which are all coursework like the Business qualification.
- 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:
- Legal Concepts and Sources
- Machinery of Justice
- Legal Personnel
BTEC Units include :-
- Exploring Business Activity
- Introduction to Marketing
- Investigating Business Resources
