Curriculum Intention:

The curriculum intention in year 10 is to introduce small business and an understanding of how they operate to make them successful.

Theme 1: Investigating small business

Theme 1 concentrates on the key business concepts, issues and skills involved in starting and running a small business. It provides a framework for students to explore core concepts through the lens of an entrepreneur setting up a business. In this theme, students will be introduced to local and national business contexts and will develop an understanding of how these contexts impact business behaviour and decisions. Local contexts refer specifically to small businesses or those operating in a single UK location and national contexts relate to businesses operating in more than one location or across the UK.

Paper 1 is worth 50% of the final grade and is on theme 1.

Curriculum Implementation:

Curriculum Intention:

The curriculum intention in year 11 is to develop an understanding of how small businesses then grow into larger businesses (Multinational companies) and the need to make strategic actions in relation to human resources, finance and operations.

Theme 2: Building a business

Theme 2 examines how a business develops beyond the start-up phase. It focusses on the key business concepts, issues and decisions used to grow a business, with emphasis on aspects of marketing, operations, finance and human resources. Theme 2 also considers the impact of the wider world on the decisions a business makes as it grows. In this theme, students will be introduced to national and global business contexts and will develop an understanding of how these contexts impact business behaviour and decisions. National contexts build on those in Theme 1 and relate to businesses operating in more than one location or across the UK. Global contexts relate to non-UK or transnational businesses. Students must develop an understanding of the interdependent nature of business activity through interactions between business operations, finance, marketing and human resources, as well as the relationship between the business and the environment in which it operates. Students must understand how these functional areas influence business activity and how interdependencies and relationships between them underpin business decisions.

Theme 2 is 50% of the final grade and content for Paper 2.

Theme 2 comprises five topic areas. ● Topic 2.1 Growing the business – students are introduced to methods of growth and how and why business aims and objectives change as businesses evolve. The impact of globalisation and the ethical and environmental questions facing businesses are explored. ● Topic 2.2 Making marketing decisions – students will explore how each element of the marketing mix is managed and used to inform and make business decisions in a competitive marketplace. ● Topic 2.3 Making operational decisions – this topic focuses on meeting customer needs through the design, supply, quality and sales decisions a business makes. ● Topic 2.4 Making financial decisions – students will explore the tools a business has to support financial decision making, including ratio analysis and the use and limitation of a range of financial information. ● Topic 2.5 Making human resource decisions – growing a business means that decisions relating to organisational structure, recruitment, training and motivation need to be made to influence business activity. These aspects are considered in this final topic.

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The SOW has been put together as Theme 1 and 2 offers recap of GCSE content but goes deeper

Exam skills and command words are embedded from the start through homework’s and assessments

Theme 2 must be taught before Theme 3 as prior knowledge is essential

Refresher content also allows for building of skills with prior knowledge

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Themes in order and link back to prior content

These themes allow for synoptic and holistic nature of paper 3 where themes 1 and 2 have been taught already

Case study launch in December allows us to gear more tailored learning

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