Business - BTEC National Extended Certificate

Applications Open: - 3rd November 2025

Applications Close: - To be confirmed

Entry Requirements: - 5 GCSEs Grade 9-4 - Some requirements vary slightly dependent on course.

How to Apply: - Please apply via Applica here

Business is a two-year course leading to a single (equivalent to one A Level) or qualification.

The BTEC Extended Certificate provides opportunity for students to develop skills demanded for by employers. The qualification offers student the opportunity to:

· Prepare for further learning or training

· Develop essential knowledge, transferable skills and personal skills in a subject area that interests them with an aim of enhancing their employability

· Move into different areas of employment

· Achieve a nationally recognised vocational qualification with UCAS points (equivalent to 2 A levels).

Units of Study

Students complete:

· 3 Mandatory Units

· 1 Optional Unit

Mandatory Units

Exploring Business

· Internal assessment

Developing a Marketing Campaign

· External assessment A task set and marked by Pearson and completed under supervised conditions · 70 marks

Personal and Business Finance

· External assessment Written examination set by Pearson.

· 2 hours. · 100 marks.

Managing an Event

· Internal assessment

International Business

· Internal assessment

Principles of Management

· External assessment

· A task set and marked by Pearson and completed under supervised conditions · 88 marks.

Optional Units

8 Recruitment and Selection Process

9 Team Building in Business

10 Recording Financial Transactions

11 Final Accounts for Public Limited Companies

12 Financial Statements for Specific Businesses

13 Cost and Management Accounting

14 Investigating Customer Service

15 Investigating Retail Business

16 Visual Merchandising

17 Digital Marketing

18 Creative Promotion

19 Pitching for a New Business

20 Investigating Corporate Social Responsibility

21 Training and Development

22 Market Research

23 The English Legal System

24 Employment Law

25 Aspects of Civil Law affecting Business

26 Aspects of Criminal Law impacting on Business and Individuals

27 Work Experience in Business

Equivalent in size to two A Levels. 8 units of which 6 are mandatory and 3 are external. Mandatory content (83%) External assessment (45%).

Experience studying Business at Key Stage 4 is an advantage but is not essential. Five Grades 9 to 4 at GCSE including Grade 5 in English and Maths. Grade 6 / Merit in Business if taken at Key Stage 4.

Previous students have gone on to study at University in a variety of subjects including Business, Economics, Journalism, Law, Marketing.

Other students have also entered into full and part time work, apprenticeship programmes or further education at college.