Business (A Level)

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The Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Business is structured into four themes and consists of three externally examined papers. Students are introduced to business in Themes 1 and 2 through building knowledge of core business concepts and applying them to business contexts to develop a broad understanding of how businesses work. Breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding, with applications to a wider range of contexts and more complex business information, are developed in Themes 3 and 4, requiring students to take a more strategic view of business opportunities and issues. Students are encouraged to use an enquiring, critical and thoughtful approach to the study of business, to understand that business behaviour can be studied from a range of perspectives and to challenge assumptions.

The A Level Business (Edexcel) content is in 4 topics:

• Theme 1: Marketing and people
• Theme 2: Managing business activities
• Theme 3: Business decisions and strategy
• Theme 4: Global business

There are three exam papers for this subject. Papers 1 and 2 are worth 35% of the final mark, with paper 3 being worth 30%.

You must meet the overall requirements for Leigh Academy Longfield's post-16, and the requirements for this subject specifically. These can be found on our academy website:

https://leighacademylongfield.org.uk/post16/sixth-form-subjects/

Students will apply their knowledge and understanding to real-life business contexts, with updated content to reflect the issues impacting on modern businesses in our specification and real business case studies in all our assessments. Students will develop transferable skills that support higher education study and the transition to employment, including numeracy, communication, an understanding of the business environment and commercial awareness.

Students can progress from this qualification to:

• higher education courses such as business management, business administration, accountancy and finance, human resource management, marketing, retail management, tourism management and international business
• a wide range of careers ranging from banking, sales, product management and general management to working in public sector organisations or charities.