Key Stage 4
Subject: GCSE Business
Aims of the subject:
To provide pupils with a creative and stimulating learning experience that will give them the confidence and enthusiasm to further their education in Business and apply their skills and knowledge to the world of employment.
GCSE Examination Board: Edexcel/Pearson
Assessment Overview:
The course is broken into 2 components: THEME 1: INVESTIGATING SMALL BUSINESS is worth a possible total of 50% of the final mark and is covered in Y10.
THEME 2: BUILDING A BUSINESS is worth a possible total of 50% of the final mark and is started in Term 3 of Y10 and then completed in Y11.
There will be two 1.5 hour exams for each them at the end of Y11. The papers will consist of calculations, multiple choice, short-answer and extended-writing questions. Calculators can be used during these exams.
| Year | What will I learn? | Assessment |
| 10 | Term 1
1.1 – Enterprise and Entrepreneurship 1.2 – Spotting a Business Opportunity Term 2 1.3 – Putting a Business Idea into Practice 1.4 – Making the Business Effective Term 3 1.5 – Understanding External Influences on Business 2.1 – Growing the Business |
End of Topic Progress Test that as well as assess the current topic, also cumulatively assess the previous topics.
End of Year 10 mock assessment – a full past paper for Theme 1. |
| 11 | Term 1
2.2 – Making Marketing Decisions 2.3 – Making Operational Decisions Term 2
2.4 – Making Financial Decisions 2.5 – Making Human Resource Decisions Term 3 Revision and final exams.
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End of Topic Progress Test that as well as assess the current topic, also cumulatively assess the previous topics.
Year 11 January mock assessment – a full past paper for Theme 1 and a paper for the Theme 2 topics covered up to the point of the mocks. |
Extra-curricular opportunities
- Yearly 10X challenge where students are given £10 in teams to make as much profit as they can in a market stall selling event.
- M&S Leeds Archive trip to explore how M&S went from a 1884 penny bazaar to a multi-national corporation and pitch a business idea to M&S representatives
- Revision sessions each Tuesday after school
- GCSE Interventions each Thursday after school (invite only)
How you can support your child’s progress
- Seneca– Termly homework where students will complete assignments as instructed by teacher
- Knowledge Organisers– Students will have access to knowledge organisers for each topic to use for personal revision .
- Homework Booklets– Students will complete a weekly homework booklet to recap previous knowledge.
- Progress Tests– After each topic there will be a progress test that students must revise for.Online Websites- Websites including Quizlet, BBC Bitesize
- Revision Guide- This will not be provided but will be purchasable at: https://shorturl.at/7kER3
- Revision Spreadsheet- Spreadsheet that includes all information needed including PowerPoints, Knowledge Organisers and Practice Questions. GCSE Business Revision Materials.xlsx
- Past Papers- https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/business-2017.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=Pearson-UK:Category%2FExam-materials
