Economics

Assessment

A Level Economics is assessed via 100% external examination at the end of 6.2 Paper 1: Markets and business behaviour (35% of the qualification) Paper 1 will assess microeconomics and questions will be drawn from Themes 1 and 3. Paper 2: The national and global economy (35% of the qualification) Paper 2 will assess macroeconomics and questions will be drawn from Themes 2 and 4. Paper 3: Microeconomics and macroeconomics (30% of the qualification) Paper 3 will assess content across all four themes. Students are required to apply their knowledge and understanding, make connections and transfer higher-order skills across all four themes.