National Extended Certificate in Business BTEC Level 3

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Entry Requirements: See website for individual subject requirements.

How to Apply: Please apply via Applica at: https://leighacademytonbridge.applicaa.com/year12

These are exciting courses which will give you a background into the world of business and will provide plenty of opportunities to look at businesses first hand. This pathway is a vocational based approach to learning with emphasis on practical based activities underpinned by core business theories.

These courses will give you a background into the world of business and will provide plenty of opportunities to look at businesses first hand. Assessment is a mixture of coursework and external exams. The coursework is collected using assignments built around scenarios. They will include report writing, role plays, interviews, business letters and presentations. The final grade is given in a Pass, Merit, Distinction and Distinction* in line with BTEC guidelines.

Employers and professional bodies that have worked with BTEC to provide this qualification include:

Barclays
John Lewis
Let’s Talk Shop
Npower
Peter Jones Foundation

The Extended Certificate is for learners who are interested in learning about the business sector alongside other fields of study, with a view to progressing to a wide range of higher education courses, not necessarily in business-related subjects. It is designed to be taken as part of a programme of study that includes other BTEC Nationals or A Levels.

Our students achieved signifcantly above the national average in 2018.

Distinction* -Distinction national average: 34.1% Hayesbrook: 53%

(single option – one A Level) will include 4 units of which 3 are mandatory and 2 are externally examined.

The externally examined units:

Developing a Marketing Campaign
Personal and Business Finance

These units are mandatory along with another unit called ‘Exploring Business’. The students will then study an optional coursework based unit which could include:

Recruitment and Selection Process
Investigating Customer Service
Market Research
The English Legal System
Work Experience in Business

The majority of the course is assessed in the classroom using various methods such as written assignments, role plays and presentation. The other units will be assessed via external examinations.

We expect our Sixth Formers to have achieved at least a Grade 4 in both their English and Maths GCSEs, and at least 3 other qualifications at 4+.Students do not have to have previously studied business studies to take this course in the sixth form providing that they have met the basic entry requirements.