Business
AS and A-Level
Starting September 2015
(Edexcel)
The Business Education department
Mr Rockliffe
Head of the Social Sciences Faculty and Subject
Leader for Business Education
Miss Bryan
Teacher of Business
Mrs Featherstone
Teacher of Business and Enterprise Coordinator
A Level at a glance
Theme 1 Marketing and
people
Theme 3 Business
decisions and strategy
Theme 2 Managing
business activities
Theme 4 Global business
Paper 1 Marketing, people Paper 2 Business
and global businesses (2
activities, decisions and
hours) 35 %
strategy (2 hours) 35%
Paper 3 Investigating business in a competitive environment
(2 hours) 30%
*All exams sat at the end of the two year course
AS at a glance
Theme 1 Marketing and
people
Theme 2 Managing
business activities
Paper 1 Marketing and
people (1 hour 30 mins)
50%
Paper 2 Managing
business activities (1 hour
30 mins) 50%
*All exams sat at the end of the one year course
Content: Themes 1 and 2
Theme 1
• meeting customer needs
• the market
• marketing mix and strategy
• managing people
• entrepreneurs and leaders.
Theme 2
• raising finance
• financial planning
• managing finance
• resource management
• external influences.
Content: Themes 3 and 4
Theme 3
• business objectives and
strategy
• business growth
• decision-making techniques
• influences on business
decisions
• assessing competitiveness
• managing change.
Theme 4
• globalisation
• global markets and business
• expansion
• global marketing
• global industries and
companies (multinational
corporations).
Paper 3- Case study
• This paper has a pre-released context to
enable students to investigate an industry or
market in which businesses operate.
• Students on the A-level course will work on
this after their AS exam leave and during the
summer before Y13 starts in the September.
Quantitative Skills
• The assessment of quantitative skills will
include at least Level 2 mathematical skills as
a minimum of 10% of the overall A Level
marks (5% of the overall AS marks).
Assessment objectives
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Knowledge and understanding 25%
Application 25%
Analysis 25%
Evaluation 25%
Expectations
• Grade C in GCSE English
• Grade C in GCSE Maths
• Grade C in GCSE Business Studies /Economics
(if studied)
• Don’t need GCSE Business/ Economics to start
• ‘Bridging the gap’ work
After the A-level
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Economics
Business
Enterprise
Marketing
Accountancy
Law
Any questions?