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Business

Curriculum

Business

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Aims

  • Develop, maintain and stimulate students’ inquisitiveness, interest and enjoyment in business

  • Develop pupils’ competence in a range of business skills

  • To provide students with an in-depth understanding of the operations and structures of businesses

  • To enable pupils to apply their classroom learning into the world of work through their involvement with businesses in the public, private and voluntary sectors

  • To equip pupils with the skills required to succeed in employment or at university

  • ​Enable pupils to develop transferable business skills that can be applied to situations across all curriculum subjects

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Staff

Mrs Buchanan
Mrs Carey
Mrs Ryan

​Miss Stewart

"Successful entrepreneurs know that the best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

Key Stage 4

OCN LEVEL 2 Certificate Skills for Business

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UNITS & DETAILS  

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Unit 1: Customer Service for Business 

Unit 2: Understanding Sources of Finance and Cashflow 

Unit 3: Effective Communication Skills in the workplace  

Unit 4: Understanding Employment Legislation, Contracts and Pay  

Unit 5: Understanding Recruitment and Selection

Post 16

Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Business

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Course Aims:

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The BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Business aims to look at the questions arising in business and how decisions are made in business.

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Units: 

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  • Unit 1: Exploring business. Internally assessed. 

  • Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign. A set task is externally assessed. 

  • Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance. Externally exam. 

  • Unit 4: Recruitment and Selection Process. Internally assessed. 

 

Units are assessed as Pass, Merit, Distinction and Distinction*

Skills Developed

  • Marketing

  • Personal and business finance

  • How to apply for a job

  • Interview technique

  • Communication

  • Problem solving

  • Team building

  • Analytical and critical thinking

  • Presentation skills

  • Independent learner

Career Areas

  • Law

  • Finance

  • Trading (stock market)

  • Management consultancy

  • Retail buying

  • Marketing

  • Insurance

  • Management

  • Distribution and logistics management

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