Business Studies A Level

Board: Pearson Edexcel

Entry requirements

You need to have six grade 4's or above at GCSE. If you did Business for GCSE, you should have achieved a grade 5 or above.

What will I learn on the course?

Students will study the following topics:

Paper 1: Marketing, people and global businesses environment

Paper 2: Business activities, decisions and strategy.

Paper 3: Investigating business in a competitive environment.

What could I do at the end of the course?

Direct entry into employment in a business setting.
Further learning opportunities in employment.
Degrees in Business, Accountancy and Economics.

For whom is the course suitable?

To be successful at Business Studies, it is important that you have an interest in Business and how it is organised, operates, plans, and makes decisions.

A Level Business mixes well with a broad range of other ‘A’ Levels and vocational courses

How will I be assessed?

You will sit three exams at the end of Year 13. Paper 1 and paper 2 are worth 35% each. Paper 3 is worth 30%.

Students should be made aware that there is no coursework component, and the course is assessed entirely on exams.

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