Business Studies

Business Studies in Year 9 is designed to prepare and enthuse students about the business world and give them a basic understanding of Business Studies. The scheme of learning will introduce basic elements of business theory and turn students into curious, resilient and confident young people who have an interest in how the business world works and its impact on stakeholders. 

Learning is centred around termly project work, which will encourage lateral thinking, team work, numerical fluency, creativity and presentation skills. Our intention is for learners to develop curiosity of the business world and improve their cultural literacy by having access to topical issues raised by businesses and the external environment. 

We use real life businesses to underpin all learning, in order to bring the subject to life. Our ambition is that a number of students will choose Business Studies as a pathway in Year 10, but this is not expected.