A Level : Business
at Melton Vale Sixth Form College · sixth form college
What the college says
A-Level Business is a course which provides the opportunity for you to develop an extensive range of business related knowledge and skills. Your studies will cover a wide range of topics relating to business and others which enable you to 'taste' vocational areas that you may wish to pursue in your career or continue to study at university. You will learn how to analyse business data and use numerical skills to interpret changes in the business world and individual firms. You will develop extensive skills in written communication as assessment requires both problem solving and decision making, using appropriate business tools. Application of classroom concepts to real business situations is the primary skill that allows students to progress in this course. The subjects go well with A-Level Business include Economics, Information and Communication Technology, Geography, Maths with Statistics, and Sociology as they all overlap with the subject content of Business. The content areas include (among others): What is business?, Managers, leadership and decision making, Marketing decisions, Operational decisions, Financial decisions, Human resource decisions, Analysing the strategic position of a business, Choosing strategy, Strategic methods, Managing change. Studying Business covers a broad range of knowledge and skills. It is good preparation for a wide range of degree courses including Business Studies, Marketing, Economics and Management. As a course which has a vocational slan
What you need to get on
To study A-Levels at MV16 you must have achieved a minimum of grade 4+ in GCSE English and Maths, plus 3 grade 5's in other subject areas and to include subject specific entry requirements where stated.
How you are assessed
Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.
What this level means
The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.
Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?
Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.
Where it runs
Melton Vale Sixth Form College
Burton Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1DN
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Start dates
- 1 September 2026 · Melton Mowbray
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