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A Level - Business

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (MGGS)

Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent
Level 3
Business, Administration and Law

Available start dates

Available start dates

Tuesday, 01 September 2026
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (MGGS)
2 Year(s)
Full time
Daytime/working hours
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Application Instructions

Applications Open - Friday 28th November 2025 - 8am

Applications Close - Friday 6th February 2026 - 12 midnight (Externals)
- Friday 12th December 2025 - 12 midnight (Internals)

Entry Requirements - Students must be 16 years of age by 31st August of the year of entry into Year 12. Admission to the Sixth Form will be as a result of applicants achieving:

● At least a grade 5 in either English Language or English Literature

● At least a grade 5 in Mathematics

● At least 6 GCSE subjects of grades 9-5

● The specific entry requirements for each of their chosen subjects. Please note that we adhere to our subject entry criteria strictly, and therefore, students who meet the minimum entry criteria but are not eligible for their chosen subjects will be offered an alternative programme of study

● Students will be expected to enrol on a two year, full time, planned programme of study (3 A Level subjects)

● Our standard offer is for 3 subjects. Students wishing to undertake 4 subjects must achieve 8 or more grades 9-7, including the above criteria for general Sixth Form entry requirements

How to Apply - Applications open 28th November 2025 on Kent Choices.

Course Summary

Do you harbour ambitions of being a successful business person? Have you got great ideas for a new product or service? Do you want to work for a large company in a specific area, such as finance or marketing? No matter your vision, the Business A Level course gives you an incredibly powerful start to your career. All the key topics of running a business are covered; whether you are working for a global corporation or selling lemonade from your home, this course will prepare you. You will develop the skills that universities, apprenticeship schemes and employers are looking for. Business goes really well with any of our other subjects.

Course Details

You will start by analysing key business areas: marketing, operations, finance and human resource management, with a special focus on decision making - particularly how decisions made in one area can affect the rest of the business - and end with an investigation of the strategic decisions that all businesses have to make.

How will it be delivered and assessed?

A Level assessment consists of three two hour written examinations taken at the end of the two year course. Each examination will be worth a third of the A Level. All three papers will draw on material from the whole course, and will feature a range of question styles including multiple choice questions, short answer questions, essay questions, data response questions and case studies.

Entry requirements

General Sixth Form entry requirements.

  • At least a grade 5 in either English Language or English Literature
  • At least a grade 5 in Mathematics
  • At least 6 GCSE subjects of grades 9-5

Your next steps...

If you wish to apply to join our Sixth Form please complete the application process through Kent Choices.

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