Business Studies

What specification is proposed? AQA A-Level Business

What will I be covering in the course in Year 12? What is Business?

Managers, Leaders and Decision Making

Marketing Performance

Operational Performance

Financial Performance

Human Resource Performance

What will I be covering in the course in Year 13?

Analysing the Strategic Position of a Business

Choosing Strategic Direction

Strategic Methods: How to pursue strategies

Managing Strategic Change

How will I be assessed?

All external assessments, which make up the full AQA A level Business course, will take place in the summer of Year 13

100% Exam

Paper 1 – 15 multiple choice questions, short answer questions (varying in length between 2-9 marks) and a choice of 2 essay questions worth 25 marks each

Paper 2 – 3 business case studies, each followed by data response compulsory questions

Paper 3 – 1 business case study followed by approximately 6 compulsory questions

What can I do with this subject?

For any chosen career path, it is vital to have an understanding of how different businesses operate internally and how the external environment can impact firms directly. The skills you will learn on this course, such as team working, problem solving and decision making will, therefore, be directly transferable to the workplace and university courses. Business is a versatile and flexible subject that can be combined with a wide range of other subject areas at A level, particularly Mathematics, English and Humanities.

Specific entry requirements for this course

Students must achieve a grade 6 at GCSE Business (or grade 5 English if GCSE Business has not been previously studied).