Students have two final examinations worth 100% of their final mark in May.
The exams will test students’ understanding and skills in the following units:
Business 1: Business activity, Marketing and People
Business 2: Operations, Finance, Influences on business and the Interdependent nature of business
Revision programme: to help students to succeed we have the following programme in place:
Class based revision programme. Eight to ten weeks before the first business exam students will begin a class based revision programme. During lessons students will systematically revise the examinable topics on a unit by unit basis and apply what they have learned to a variety of potential scenarios. During this time we will refresh knowledge and focus intensively on exam technique.
Mock and end of unit tests. At the end of each unit students complete a practice exam. These are important milestone assessments and students should revise carefully for each of them using their exercise books, revision guides and Google classroom resources. Unit exams will be PENS marked and a copy of the paper will be sent home via students for parents to see and comment on. Students that miss their MEG (Minimum Expected Grade) resit these tests to help ensure they reach their full potential.
Unit revision guides (written by staff). Students may already have some revision guides written by staff. The remaining guides will be given to students before January of year 11 for regular revision use.
Support sessions. Students who have missed their target grade on several occasions will attend additional tuition to help them improve their grades. These classes will take place after school and will begin shortly after the October half term break. Parents of the identified students will be informed of this by letter.
Weekly revision classes (after school) and half-term revision sessions. In previous years we have run a range of after school sessions. This is reviewed annually in line with student needs. I will write to parents in advance of any additional sessions taking place this year.
Google Classroom: All revision lessons, revision guides and past papers will be available from each Business teacher’s Google Classroom.
50% of the course is assessed by the completion of two projects:
R065: Design a business proposal
R066: Market and pitch a business proposal
The remaining 50% of the course is assessed by an exam:
R064: Enterprise and marketing concepts.
Exam board rules prevent students from writing coursework outside of teacher supervision. Therefore, when schools closed to all but the children of key workers we focussed our Google classroom activities on the examined unit. Consequently the focus this year in class is to complete both coursework projects.
Support for coursework projects. Each year we run a wide range of after school sessions aimed at helping students maximise their potential. In previous years this has included Saturday and half term sessions. The ability to offer these kinds of sessions is under review given the current circumstances and I will write to parents in advance of any additional coursework sessions taking place this year.
Revision programme:
Class based programme: Students will work systematically through the examined topics and will apply what they have learned to a variety of potential scenarios. During this time we will focus intensively on exam technique.
Unit revision guides (written by staff). Students will be given a revision guide written by staff. This will cover all key examinable topics and should form the basis of revision at home.
Weekly revision classes (after school). In previous years we have run a range of after school sessions. This is reviewed annually in line with student needs. I will write to parents in advance of any additional sessions taking place this year.
Google Classroom. All revision lessons, revision guides and past papers will be available from each Business teacher’s Google Classroom.
The course consists of three units:
Unit 1: Exploring Interface Design (30% of the GCSE)
Unit 2: Collecting Presenting and Interpreting Data(30% of the GCSE)
Unit 3:Effective Digital Working Practices (40% of the GCSE)
Revision programme:
The revision programme will focus on preparation for the unit 3 external exam: effective Digital Working Practices
Class based programme: Students will work systematically through the examined topics and will apply what they have learned to a variety of potential scenarios. During this time we will focus intensively on exam technique.
Unit revision guides: Students will be given revision guides written by staff. This will cover all key examinable topics and should form the basis of revision at home.
Google Classroom: All revision lessons, revision guides and past papers will be available to download from Google Classroom