Curriculum

Curriculum roadmap

Topics

• Theme 1 Marketing and people: customer needs, marketing activity, demand and supply concepts in addition to human resources.
• Theme 2 Managing business activities: financial and resource planning and management.
• Theme 3 Business decisions and strategy: objectives, growth and decision making.
• Theme 4 Global business: globalisation, global marketing and multinational organisations.

Skills and requirements

Subject entry requirements

• Grade 5 in both GCSE maths and GCSE business. 
• You do not need to have studied GCSE business to be able to access this course.

Sixth Form entry requirements

• 4 A-levels over 2 years: for students who have achieved 5 or more grade 7s or above including English and maths (grade 5 or above).
• 3 A-levels over 2 years: for students who have achieved 5 grade 5s or above including English and maths.
• Level 3 vocational courses: for students who have achieved 5 grade 4s or above including English and maths.

Beyond the classroom

Future pathways

If successful, you can access an extremely wide range of possible careers, including law, management, accountancy, politics, finance, economics and sport management.

You will learn valuable transferable skills such as presentation skills, communication skills, analytical thinking and the ability to make supported judgements.

A-level business will open up many and varied opportunities at degree level, in addition to providing superb employability skills needed for today’s dynamic economic conditions.