Curriculum Intent
The business curriculum encourages balanced and considered decision making. It allows pupils to consider the needs of others in the modern world of work. The curriculum intends to provide for all by ensuring that in mixed ability classes the work is accessible for all but challenging at the higher end.
Curriculum Features
There is a clear pathway into Level 2 learning through the content covered and the skills that are developed. The lessons are modelled on GCSE lessons to allow pupils to make informed pathway choices for Year 10. The course develops cultural capital and readiness for work for all. Real life case studies are used in lessons and pupils are encouraged to apply and analyse their learning through online research to show their understanding. All pupils will work in a business when they are adults and this course gives them the understanding of how to set up a business and what is it like to work in industry.
Curriculum Overview
Y9:
Business Studies Progression Grid Link
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Area of study: |
WHAT IS BUSINESS |
PUTTING A BUSINESS IDEA INTO PRACTICE |
SHOWING ENTERPRISE |
MAKING THE START UP EFFECTIVE |
FINANCE |
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT |
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What should they know? |
What is a business Purpose of business Adding value Business activity Aims and objectives competition |
Business ownership: sole traders, partnerships, private limited company and public limited company and franchises. |
Customer satisfaction Customer service Marketing mix Market research |
Taxation Employment disputes Employment law Recruitment
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Revenue Costs Profit Sources of finance Interest rates |
Business cycle Exchange rates Ethics Festival synoptic project
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What should they be able to do? |
Describe different types of business and their purpose. How a business adds value The aims and objectives of business How competition affects a business |
Identify and describe the best ownership status a business should operate under with their key features. |
Identify the needs and wants of customers. Explain the benefits of customer loyalty, how to satisfy customers, all four elements of the marketing mix, methods of market research |
Identify different types of taxation a business has to pay. What is employment and the laws surrounding employment. What a dispute is and how it is resolved. The methods of recruiting employees |
How to calculate revenue and methods of how to increase it. Identify costs that need to be paid by a business. How to calculate profit and ways to increase it. The sources of finance available to a business. What is an interest rate and how it affects a business |
The sections of a business cycle, how the business cycle affects a business, what an exchange rate is and how to calculate one currency into another, what are ethics and how a business can be ethical. To participate in a group activity to plan a summer festival |
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Key vocabulary |
Primary, secondary and tertiary Adding value Aims and objectives competition |
Sole trader, partnership, franchise, private limited company, public limited company, unlimited and limited liability, deed of partnership, corporation tax |
Customers, Customer satisfaction Customer service Marketing mix Primary & secondary market research Quantitative and qualitative data |
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Revenue Fixes, variable costs Profit Loan, trade credit, overdraft, credit card, debit card Interest rate |
Boom, recession, bust, decline, recovery Exchange rate, currency Ethics |
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Assessment |
Mcq, short answer and longer answer exam style questions |
Mcq, short answer and longer answer exam style questions |
Mcq, short answer and longer answer exam style questions |
Mcq, short answer and longer answer exam style questions |
Mcq, short answer and longer answer exam style questions |
Mcq, short answer and longer answer exam style questions |
Subject: V Cert Technical Award in Business & Enterprise Year 10
Overview
The Level 1/2 Technical Award in Business and Enterprise is designed for learners who want an introduction to business and enterprise that includes a vocational and project-based element. The qualification will appeal to learners who wish to pursue a career in the business and enterprise sector or progress onto further study.
The objectives of this qualification are to:
◼ understand entrepreneurial characteristics and business aims and objectives
◼ understand business organisation, legal structures and the importance of stakeholder engagement
◼ analyse market research, market types, marketing mix and market orientation
◼ analyse human resource requirements for business and enterprise
◼ understand operations management
◼ understand business growth
◼ understand sources of enterprise funding and business finance
◼ analyse the impact of the external environment on business and enterprise
◼ apply business and enterprise planning
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Curriculum content |
Content Area 1: Entrepreneurship, business organisation and stakeholders ◼ Entrepreneurship ◼ Being an entrepreneur ◼ Entrepreneurial motivators ◼ Entrepreneurial skills and attributes ◼ Business and enterprise aims and objectives ◼ Reasons for aims and objectives ◼ Financial aims and objectives ◼ Non-financial aims and objectives ◼ Structures / Legal structures ◼ The impact on business and enterprise of different structural characteristics ◼ The impact on business and enterprise of changes in structure ◼ Stakeholders ◼ Internal stakeholders /External stakeholders ◼ Stakeholder engagement /Stakeholder conflict |
Content Area 2: Market research, market types and orientation and marketing mix ◼ The market ◼ Market research: Primary market research, Secondary market research ◼ Data types / Market types / Business orientation types ◼ Marketing mix; Price, Place, Promotion, Product ◼ Product life cycle and product life cycle extension strategies ◼ Product development and innovation ◼ Boston Matrix |
Content Area 3: Human resource requirements for business and enterprise: ◼ Human resources ◼ Methods of recruitment ◼ Stages of recruitment ◼ Types of employment contracts ◼ Staff development and monitoring ◼ Methods of staff development and monitoring ◼ Motivation ◼ Financial methods of motivation ◼ Non-financial methods of motivation ◼ Motivation theories |
Content Area 4: Operations management ◼ Outsourcing ◼ Lean production ◼ Maintaining and improving quality ◼ Production methods ◼ Customer service |
Content Area 5: Business growth: ◼ Business and enterprise growth ◼ Internal growth ◼ External growth ◼ Efficiencies and costs of business and enterprise expansion ◼ Challenges of growth |
Area 6: Sources of enterprise funding and business finance: ◼ Business and enterprise funding ◼ Funding types ◼ Financial terms, documents and tools ◼ Financial terms and calculations ◼ Costs, liabilities and assets ◼ Financial documents ◼ Ratio analysis ◼ Cash flow management
Content Area 7: The impact of the external environment on business and enterprise ◼ The impact of the external environment ◼ External influences Content Area 8: Business and enterprise planning ◼ Business and enterprise planning ◼ Purposes and benefits of planning ◼ Sections of a business plan |
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Assessment |
Assessment: End of unit assessment, including the following:
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Assessment: End of unit assessment, including the following:
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Assessment: End of unit assessment, including the following:
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Assessment: End of unit assessment, including the following:
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Year 11 |
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Curriculum content |
Revision of Content areas 1-6
Controlled Assessment Project ◼ The controlled assessment project will be completed during this term. ◼ This is worth 60% of the final grade for this qualification ◼ Learners are given 21 hours of lesson time in exam conditions to investigate and write up their projects. ◼ The project is externally set, internally marked, and externally moderated. |
Revision of all topics from units 1 to 6
◼Past paper practice ◼Exam technique |
External Examination ◼ This is worth 40% of the final grade for this qualification. ◼ The exam is 1 hour 30 minutes. |
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