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GCE A Level in Business

at Caldew School, Carlisle · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2022see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Subject content covers 10 Topic Areas and is divided as follows: • AS qualification and 1st year of linear A Level = Content 1 - 6 • 2nd year of linear A Level = Content 7 - 10 AS BUSINESS STUDIES 1. What is business? 2. Managers, leadership and decision making 3. Decision making to improve marketing performance 4. Decision making to improve operational performance 5. Decision making to improve financial performance 6. Decision making to improve human resource performance A2 BUSINESS STUDIES 7. Analysing the strategic position of a business 8. Choosing strategic direction 9. Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies 10. Managing strategic change Most of the assessment material is based on real business situations.

What you need to get on

GCSE Business Studies is not essential. Students should ideally have 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English and Maths.

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

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