The A Level course focuses on four main areas: • Markets and Market Failure – (looking at microeconomic concepts including decision making by consumers and firms, and how markets work and sometimes fail) • The UK Economy (looking at the macroeconomic concepts such as economic growth, unemployment and inflation, and government policies to influence these) • Business behaviour and the labour market • Global Perspectives (applying some of the macroeconomic concepts studied earlier but in a global context)
Level 5 Mathematics at GCSE. You must be good at analysing and evaluating information – interpreting data to form your own opinions. You should have a real interest in current affairs and keep abreast of developments in the local, national, and global economy. Economics involves a fair amount of theory so it helps to have a fairly logical mind and a solid grasp of basic mathematical concepts.
Assessment will consist of three externally assessed papers, as follows: Paper 1 – The markets and business behaviour (35% weighting); Paper 2 – The national and global economy (35% weighting); and Paper 3 – Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (30% weighting)
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Shropshire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Ellesmere, SY12 9AB |
The A Level course focuses on four main areas: • Markets and Market Failure – (looking at microeconomic concepts including decision making by consumers and firms, and how markets work and sometimes fail) • The UK Economy (looking at the macroeconomic concepts such as economic growth, unemployment and inflation, and government policies to influence these) • Business behaviour and the labour market • Global Perspectives (applying some of the macroeconomic concepts studied earlier but in a global context)
Level 5 Mathematics at GCSE. You must be good at analysing and evaluating information – interpreting data to form your own opinions. You should have a real interest in current affairs and keep abreast of developments in the local, national, and global economy. Economics involves a fair amount of theory so it helps to have a fairly logical mind and a solid grasp of basic mathematical concepts.
Assessment will consist of three externally assessed papers, as follows: Paper 1 – The markets and business behaviour (35% weighting); Paper 2 – The national and global economy (35% weighting); and Paper 3 – Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (30% weighting)