Business
Are you amused and entertained by adverts, but wonder about their impact and target market? Do you want to learn about how your favourite products are made and sold? Or why brands like Apple, Tiffany’s or Ferrari can charge a premium price for their products? Maybe you enjoy watching Dragon’s Den and the Apprentice, or have your own ideas for a new product or service?
No matter what your vision, studying Business gives you an incredibly powerful start to launch your career with transferable skills and knowledge that will apply to and complement any subjects or career choice. Regardless of whether you’d like to become an entrepreneur or work for any organisation, the Business courses will be relevant. You’ll learn about money and develop skills in budgeting and financial awareness. Studying people management helps you build leadership skills, while looking at recruitment allows you to develop an eye for what prospective employers are looking for.
Studying Business gives an overview to what the businesses all around us are doing, studying their management, finance, marketing and operations.
Student resources
The Google Sites and Clickview are only available for students and teachers of Aylesbury High School. The Google Sites contain all Google-based resources used in lessons.
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Subject intent
GCSE and A Level
Our Business courses aim to give students a solid grounding in the workings of Businesses. Whether they aspire to entrepreneurship or a successful career in any industry, students will learn academic and life skills to help them achieve.
The advantage of a Business course is the range of valuable transferable skills and knowledge that will apply to and complement any subjects or career choice.
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Learning about money helps students to develop skills in budgeting and financial awareness.
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Studying people management helps build leadership skills, while looking at recruitment gives an insight to what prospective employers are looking for.
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Operations management allows students to consider design, functionality and production of products.
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Marketing helps students make sense of the wave of marketing messages they will be exposed to every day, the value of Social Media, whilst building insight in Market Research to collect, sample and analyse data.
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Strategy and decision making - preparing students for leadership and management opportunities by analysing organisations, the competitive and economic environment and building a vision to ensure any Business or Organisation they are involved in can succeed.
Of course, we also inspire our students to achieve fantastic academic results in their GCSE and A level courses alongside understanding Business and building skills for life.
Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11) course implementation, learning journey & assessment info.
Course content
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3.1 Business in the Real World 3.3 Operations 3.4 Human Resources |
3.2 Influences 3.5 Marketing 3.6 Finance |
This link takes you to the AQA specification for GCSE Business, which contains all the necessary course information. Assessments take place throughout the 2 years of the course, in addition to Year 10 exams and mocks in the spring term of Year 11.
How will I be assessed?
| Paper 1: Influences of operations and HRM on business activity -50% | Paper 2: Influences of marketing and finance on business activity - 50% |
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Written exam - 1hr 45 mins
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Written exam - 1hr 45 mins
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Key Stage 5 (Years 12-13) course implementation, learning journey & assessment info.
Course content
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This link takes you to the AQA specification, which contains all of the necessary course information. Assessments take place throughout the 2 years of the course, in addition to Year 12 exams and mocks in the spring term of Year 13.
How will I be assessed?
| Paper 1 33 1/3 % | Paper 2 33 1/3 % | Paper 3 33 1/3 % |
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Written exam - 2 hrs
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Written exam - 2 hrs
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Written exam - 2 hrs One compulsory case study followed by approximately six questions |
Subject impact
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High quality teaching and learning in classrooms.
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Engaged learners.
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Strong academic progress and assessment outcomes.
Feedback in Business lessons
This chart explains the types of feedback that students can expect to receive for work done in geography lessons/at home.
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End of unit assessments |
Written feedback, with score/grade and www/ebi |
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Homework |
Peer assessment/teacher feedback in class |
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Spot tests |
Peer assessment/teacher feedback in class |
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Worksheet activities |
Self/peer assessment in class |
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Google forms/quizzes |
Immediate google feedback |
School values in Business
| Boundless Aspiration | Curious Engagement | Resilient Bravery | Selfless Generosity |
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http://sites.google.com/a/ahs.bucks.sch.uk/ahs-year-13-business/home
