Business Studies
AOLE - Health & Wellbeing
“To empower enterprising, creative contributors to take calculated risks and think creatively, to reframe and solve the world’s problems”
KS4:
At Years 10 and 11, learners will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills, enabling them to use business information critically, to develop arguments, to make justified decisions and to prepare them for further study and career pathways.
Our GCSE Business specification introduces learners to the business world, empowering them to develop as commercially minded and enterprising individuals.
This GCSE specification in Business will enable learners to:
- actively engage in the study of business to develop as effective and independent learners, and as critical and reflective thinkers with enquiring minds
- use an enquiring, critical approach to distinguish facts and opinions, to build arguments and make informed judgements
- develop and apply business knowledge, understanding and skills to contemporary issues in a range of local, national and global contexts
- appreciate a range of perspectives on the impacts of business on wider society consider the extent to which business activity can be ethical and support sustainable development
- develop and apply quantitative skills relevant to business including using and interpreting data
- apply and relate knowledge and understanding to real enterprise and business opportunities, decision making and scenarios.
This GCSE specification introduces learners to the business world, empowering them to develop as commercially minded and enterprising individuals. Learners will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills, enabling them to use business information critically, to develop arguments, to make justified decisions and to prepare them for further study and career pathways.
The focus of the specification is to introduce and nurture an enthusiasm for studying business in a range of contexts. Learners will appreciate how businesses operate in a dynamic and competitive environment and develop an understanding of the interdependent nature of business functions from a local to a global perspective.
This specification also gives learners an opportunity to produce extended written responses and demonstrate the quality of their written communication, including appropriate use of punctuation and grammar.
KS5:
At Years 12 and 13, learners will be introduced to the dynamic business environment and the importance of entrepreneurial activity in creating business opportunities and sustaining business growth.
The focus of our AS/A level Business specification is to nurture an enthusiasm for studying business using contemporary contexts, allowing learners to develop an appreciation of the strategic, complex and interrelated nature of business issues from a local to global perspective.
The WJEC AS and A level in Business encourages learners to:
- develop an enthusiasm for studying business
- gain an holistic understanding of business in a range of contexts develop a critical understanding of organisations and their ability to meet society’s needs and wants
- understand that business behaviour can be studied from a range of perspectives
- generate enterprising and creative approaches to business opportunities, problems and issues be aware of the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities faced by organisations and individuals
- acquire a range of relevant business and generic skills, including decision making, problem-solving, the challenging of assumptions and critical analysis
- apply numerical skills in a range of business contexts.
This specification introduces learners to the dynamic business environment and the importance of entrepreneurial activity in creating business opportunities and sustaining business growth.
Learners will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of essential skills required for higher education and employment.
The focus of the specification is to nurture an enthusiasm for studying business using contemporary contexts, allowing learners to develop an appreciation of the strategic, complex and interrelated nature of business issues from a local to global perspective.
Learners will have the opportunity to develop awareness of contemporary business issues relevant to the Welsh business environment.
