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Business A Level

at Darrick Wood School, Orpington · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

The course aims to provide a general introduction to Business, drawing on study of the main functional areas of Business - Marketing, Finance and Accounting, Managing People and Operations Management in the first year of the course before expanding perspective to consider more strategic issues in the second year. The courses underlying theme is the consideration of business decision making in businesses of all sizes, from the smallest local retailer to the worlds largest multinational organisations. Above all, the course is designed to develop problem solving skills and equip students with effective decision making skills. Your examinations, and indeed classwork, will detail a business scenario situation and ask you to solve the problems with which you are presented.

What you need to get on

5 in Mathematics, 5 in two written subjects including Business if taken at GCSE

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

  • Darrick Wood Sixth Form

    LOVIBONDS AVENUE, ORPINGTON, BR6 8ER

    DaytimeClassroom based
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