CURRICULUM SUMMARY Business Studies (KS4 and KS5)

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1 CURRICULUM SUMMARY Business Studies (KS4 and KS5) YEAR 9 Business Studies and Economics 2BE01 GCSE Edexcel Board (Unit 1 Introduction to Small Businesses) Spotting a Business Opportunity Showing Enterprise 1.3 Putting a Business Idea into practice 1.4 Making the start-up effective 1.5 Understanding the economic context Interim homework s based on multiple choice questions and case studies and end of 1.1 and 1.2 section tests Interim homework s based on multiple choice questions and cases studies and end of 1.3 and 1.4 section tests Interim homework s based on multiple choice questions and case studies and end of year mock internal exam Assess the revision list posted on Fronter YEAR 9 BTEC First Qualification Business TERM UNIT 1 TERM TERM Understand the purpose and ownership of businesses Describe the different types of business ownership Explain how businesses are classified using local and national examples Classification of business into primary, secondary and tertiary. Assess small and large businesses Assess regional, local national and international scale of business ownership Understand the business context in which businesses operate Growth, inflation, surpluses, competitiveness Business environment characteristics Markets, economic trends, growth and decline of sectors Growth of tertiary service sectors Legal framework in which businesses operate Students must achieve Pass level mark areas for Unit 1 Explain how businesses are classified using local and national examples. Students must achieve Merit level mark areas for Unit 1 Contrast the ownership and purposes of different business organisations Students must achieve Distinction level mark areas for Unit 1 Evaluate how a business organisation has responded to changes in the business environment

2 Outline the role of government in creating the business climate Assist pupils in prioritizing workload to meet deadlines Read through task sheets and give pupils help in deciding on suitable businesses to investigate. Compare areas of growth or decline in the primary, secondary and tertiary classifications of business activities Assist pupils in meeting deadlines Read through and interpret teachers comments on marks and possible improvement of incomplete tasks Work with pupils on their individual education plans Assist pupils in meeting deadlines for summative marking final deadlines YEAR 10 BTEC First Qualification Business Unit 3 Promoting a brand Unit 8 Recruitment selection and employment Unit 3 Promoting a brands Unit 8 Recruitment selection and employment Unit 8 Recruitment selection and employment Students must complete Unit 1 from previous year Assessment of P Tasks from Unit 3 Students must achieve Pass level mark areas for Unit 3 Explain how businesses promote using a brand Identification of businesses and how they develop brands. Assist pupils in prioritizing workload to meet deadlines Read through task sheets and give pupils help in deciding on suitable businesses to investigate. Assessment completion of P Task and starting of M Task Assessment of P Tasks from Unit 3 Students must achieve Merit level mark areas for Unit 3 Explain how businesses promote using a brand Identification of businesses and how they develop brands to M standard Assist pupils in meeting deadlines Read through and interpret teachers comments on marks and possible improvement of incomplete tasks Work with pupils on their individual education plans Completion of Merit Tasks Completion of Distinction Tasks Students must achieve Merit level mark areas for Unit 3 Explain how businesses promote using a brand Identification of businesses and how they develop brands to D standard. Assist pupils in meeting deadlines for summative marking final deadlines YEAR 10 BUSINESS STUDIES GCSE UNIT 2

3 Pupils cover topics such as business growth, Marketing and the 4 ps with larger businesses Financing business growth Termly test based on Business Growth end of Feb Written fortnightly assignment from text book or past exam papers. Interpreting Accounts and organizational charts Production methods and lean production Coverage of past paper technique Termly test based on Accounts and Organizational Charts end of Feb Written fortnightly assignment from text book or past exam papers. Exam revision and extended answer writing Past paper practice Written fortnightly assignment from text book or past exam papers. End of year mocks internal exam Assess the revision list posted on Fronter YEAR 11 BUSINESS STUDIES UNIT 3 (Revision Unit 1 and 2) Controlled Assessment Unit Key task sheets set by Edexcel Yr 11 plan appendix and report under 8 hr controlled conditions Yr 11 complete controlled assessment in 3 hr controlled window Complete Unit 2 AQA unit. Revision and past paper attempts Exam writing skills essay plans for marking 9 mark questions Revision of Unit 1 material from Yr 9/10 Controlled Assessment students to complete this in Jan Remainder of term Unit 2 revision and completing past papers and text book exercises on marketing for growth and changing business organizational structure Homework and class work sheets on Unit 2 Past papers and assessment of mark schemes for Unit 2 past paper Some revision in class and assignment sheets for Unit 1. Past papers Unit 1 and 2 Individual education plan material assessment for identified students This may be only for a few weeks before study leave. Check revision material on Fronter Check past papers on the AQA website Read additional Learning Area department notes.

4 YEAR 11 BTEC First Qualification Business Unit 2 Finance (Exam Unit) Unit 2 Finance (Exam Unit) till Feb half term Completion and assessment of Units 1, 3, 8. Practice Unit 3 paper online Exercise sheets on finance capital, wages, costs, sales, breakeven, cashflow and budgets Practice of multiple choice questions Support with background reading of texts Discussion of key financial terms Home practice of online Edexcel practice tests. External Exam Unit during Jan Support with background reading of texts Discussion of key financial terms Home practice of online Edexcel practice tests. Students complete task sheets to deadline for 1, 3, 8 Meeting task sheet criteria for Pass, Merit and Distinction areas. Submission and re-draught permissible once with 2-week interim gap to re-submit. Completion of Merit Tasks Completion of Distinction Tasks Students must achieve Merit level mark areas for Unit 1, 3 and 8 Identification of businesses and how they develop brands to D standard. YEAR 12 BTEC LEVEL 3 (some units may be taught simultaneously) Unit 1 The Business Environment Covers areas of Business Structure Economic effects on businesses Comparison of small and large businesses Effect of structure on aims Stakeholder groups and effect on Businesses Unit 2 Business Resources Recruitment methods developed by businesses Employability and personal workplace skills Application of physical and human resources Sources of finance in business Analysis and interpretation of profit and loss accounts and budgets for a business. Unit 3 Introduction to Marketing Marketing techniques used by businesses Advantages and disadvantages and similarities and differences of marketing methods employed by two businesses in same sector Market research methods Targeting customer groups The Marketing Mix for a business

5 Students must achieve areas of Pass, Merit and Distinction Interpret formative and summative task completion marks Follow individual education plans where written by Interrogate Fronter pages to find research and additional Follow individual education plans where written by Interrogate Fronter pages to find research and additional Follow individual education plans where written by Interrogate Fronter pages to find research and additional YEAR 12 AQA BUSINESS STUDIES Unit 1 and 2 BUSS 1 and BUSS 2 Unit 1 BUSS 1 Starting a Business Enterprise, added value, opportunity cost, different business types and business plans and market research Unit 2 BUSS 2 Managing a Business Budgeting, cashflow, measuring profit, organizational structure, recruitment and motivation Unit 1 BUSS 1 Starting a Business Raising Finance, locating the business, calculating costs, breakeven, budgeting and business start-ups. Unit 2 BUSS 2 Managing a Business Operational decision making, quality, effective operations, technology in production, the marketing mix and marketing competitiveness Unit 1 and 2 revision past papers and exam technique Individual target setting for pupils Analysis of past paper mark scheme Extended writing and key question exercises. Weekly written homework assessments Independent reading and presentations Past paper key question tests Weekly written homework assessments Independent reading and presentations Yr 12 Business internal mock past papers selected questions Unit 1 and 2 revision past papers and exam technique Individual target setting for pupils Analysis of past paper mark scheme Extended writing and key question exercises.

6 AS summer external examinations Check revision material on Fronter Check past papers on the AQA website. Read additional Learning Area department notes. YEAR 13 EDEXCEL BTEC LEVEL 3 Unit 4 Business Communication Assess different business communication methods Appropriateness of business communication in making strategic decisions Produce examples of corporate communication How business communication methods lead to business success. Legal issues effecting communication and electronic communication methods Unit 12 Internet Marketing Role of marketing How businesses increase customer service through internet marketing Assessment of how businesses use internet marketing The advantages and disadvantages of internet marketing for a business Effect of internet marketing in enabling the marketing mix and effect on globalization. Unit 13 Business Recruitment How organizations plan recruitment using internal and external documentation Legal regulations and effect on recruitment and documentation Compare and evaluate the purposes of recruitment documentation Analyse and interpret the role of taking part in a section interview process

7 Follow individual education plans where written by Interrogate Fronter pages to find research and additional Follow individual education plans where written by Interrogate Fronter pages to find research and additional Follow individual education plans where written by Interrogate Fronter pages to find research and additional