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GCE A Level in Economics

at Maidstone Grammar School, Maidstone · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

From September 2015, students have been following the new 2-year linear AQA course for A Level Economics. Economics has become high profile. The credit crunch, bankers bonuses and fears of a Euro meltdown are just three topics rarely out of the news in recent years, throwing a light on the importance of and divisions within the discipline. The new AS and A Level specifications catch the wave of this renewed interest in the subject with topics that will interest and intrigue students. The subject content is divided between micro and macroeconomics. Students will use economic theory to analyse current economic issues. Over this 2-year course, students will study areas and topics drawn from both micro and macroeconomics. Microeconomics:the economic problem and economic methodology, individual economic decision-making, price determination in a competitive market, production, costs and revenue, perfect competition, imperfectly competitive markets and monopoly, the labour market, the distribution of income and wealth: poverty and inequality, the market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets. Macroeconomics: the measurement of macroeconomic performance, how the macroeconomy works, economic performance, financial markets and monetary policy; fiscal policy and supply-side policies; the international economy. A Level Assessment: the A Level has three, two hour written exams taken at the end of the course in Year 13. Paper 1: Markets and market failure: student

What you need to get on

To study this course, you should have at least a Grade 6 in GCSE English and Mathematics.

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

  • Maidstone Grammar School

    BARTON ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 7BT

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · MAIDSTONE

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