Business Studies:Single

Course summary

At King’s, the class sizes are small, allowing for individual attention and support for all of our Business students. The department has three experienced and passionate teachers who instill great enthusiasm in their students. The department achieves strong results consistently. We have engineered many links with the local community and take part in several national competitions in order to bring greater realism into the lessons. The department organises a variety of trips to industry lectures and successful businesses, along with residential trips to New York. What will I study during the course? The course followed at King’s is Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCSE in Business (9BS0). Four themes are covered: • Theme 1 – Marketing and People: introducing the students to the market, exploring the marketing and people functions, and investigating entrepreneurs and business start-ups. • Theme 2 – Managing Business Activities: students will explore the finance and operations functions and investigate external influences on businesses. • Theme 3 – Business Decisions and Strategy: students will develop their understanding of the concepts introduced in Theme 2 and explore business strategy and decision-making. • Theme 4 – Global Business: students will develop their understanding of the concepts introduced in Theme 1 and explore business activity in a global context.