Business Studies
We find out how to develop an idea, spot an opportunity and turn that into a successful business. As students progress through the courses they discover how businesses promote themselves and keep their customers happy as well as how to manage both finances and employees.
In Years 10 and 11, we follow the AQA GCSE Business 4520 course, with one exam at the end of Year 10 and another at the end of Year 11 as well as a piece of Controlled Assessment (focused on the investigation of a business). This course is linear in its nature in that the learners will first learn how to set up a business, followed by how to grow it successfully.
In Years 12 and 13 learners follow the AQA GCE Business 2131 specification, with exams at the end of Years 12 and 13. In the first year, learners focus on different types of business structure and financial issues as well as how to increase profits, recruit and manage employees, manage operations and market effectively. In the second year they learn how to implement strategies to help businesses improve and how external factors, such as political and economic change, can influence business decisions.
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Martin Malins is a graduate of both Brunel and Liverpool John Moores Universities, holding a BSc (Hons) Building and PGCE in Information Technology. Prior to working at BST, he taught in a secondary school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, where he was responsible for the ICT / Business Studies and Design and Technology Faculties. In his spare time, Martin enjoys getting up early and riding in the mountains on his motorbikes. He also tries to keep fit by walking and playing golf. |
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