Business Studies A Level

Applications Open – 4th November 2025 @ 9am

Applications Close – 1st June 2026 @ 5pm

Entry Requirements – Specific to the Subject

How to Apply – Please apply via KentChoices

To provide a broad education and appreciation of the wider business environment. Focusing on four key themes: people, markets, finance and operational delivery.

Business Studies helps students to:

-develop a critical understanding of organisations, the markets they serve and the process of adding value

-be aware that business behaviour can be studied from the perspectives of a range of stakeholders

-acquire a range of skills including decision-making and problem-solving

-be aware of current business practice.

Students will cover the following topics;

The role of finance in planning an enterprise, analysing and making financial decisions

Enterprising behaviour and how it encourages entrepreneurial opportunities.

How organisations use human, physical and financial resources to achieve goals.

Unit 1 – Financial Planning and Analysis, covering ownership and finances for business decisions.

Unit 2 – Business Dynamics – Factors contributing to business success, focusing on the employees.

Unit 3 – Entrepreneurial opportunities – Investigate entrepreneurial opportunities and propose marketing activities to take advantages of the opportunity.

Unit 4 – Managing and leading people – Explore the importance of leadership and how employees work.

Unit 5 – Developing a business proposal – Students will develop, present and evaluate a business idea.

Unit 8 – Marketing communications - development of a marketing mix and communication for a business.

Assessment is through examinations, external assignments and centre set assignments.

Units 2, 5, and 8 are centre set assignments and internally assessed .

Units 1 and 4 are external examinations.

Unit 3 is an external assignment set and assessed by the examination board.

To be accepted a student should have at least 5 GCSEs at grades 9 - 4 (or equivalent) and it is strongly advised that this should include English and Mathematics.

It is recommended that students should have a grade 5 GCSE or equivalent in Business Studies as this course will build on the concepts and skills they have already learned.

Studying business helps you to develop your analytical thinking and teaches you skills such as how to interpret a range of information from different sources. business studies is a very popular subject choice for Higher Education and students can choose to follow an integrated route of business and economics or indeed study the subjects independently.

The Advanced GCE in business studies will give students enhanced career choice and progression opportunities in fields such as business and/or economics, business management, accountancy and human resources.