The study of Economics is about dealing with scarcity, choice, efficiency, equity, economic well-being, sustainability, change, interdependence and intervention. The integrated subtopics of Economics of the environment and Economics of inequality and poverty help to bring to light the main global challenges facing the planet today and how these can be addressed. Students explicitly learn thinking and research skills such as comprehension, text analysis, transfer and use of primary sources. Teachers emphasise the importance of inquiry, concepts, content and contexts and their interrelationships with each other to allow for a deeper and more integrated understanding of Economics as a discipline. The Economics course emphasises the economic theories of microeconomics, which deal with economic variables affecting individuals, firms and markets, and the economic theories of macroeconomics, which deal with economic variables affecting countries, governments and societies. These economic theories are applied to real-world issues. Some of the profoundly important questions students will be asked include: Does China threaten or improve our standard of living? Will India’s style of growth reduce poverty quickly enough? Is the discovery of oil a good thing? Why is Zimbabwe economically shrinking? Do the World Bank and the WTO represent the global community?
Offers of places at 16+ are conditional on applicants achieving our required grades at GCSE, IB MYP or the equivalent foreign examinations. We ask for three 7 grades (or grade A) and above and another three 6 grades (or grade B) and above at GCSE or for IB MYP we require three 6 grades and three 5 grades. These should include English and mathematics and, where applicable, the subjects chosen for IB Higher Level or A-Level. We allocate places on academic merit, considered alongside the potential to contribute to our co-curricular programme. We recommend at least a Grade 6 at I/GCSE in any subject taken at IB Higher Level or A-level; students will not normally be allowed to pursue a subject in which they have attained less than a Grade 5.
Higher Level only: • Paper 3 (1h45 mins). A policy paper drawing upon concepts from the entire syllabus including both quantitative and qualitative questions. Students answer two compulsory questions.
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Warwickshire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £45,990 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £45,990 |
| Address | The Bursary, 10 Little Church Street, Rugby, CV21 3AW |
The study of Economics is about dealing with scarcity, choice, efficiency, equity, economic well-being, sustainability, change, interdependence and intervention. The integrated subtopics of Economics of the environment and Economics of inequality and poverty help to bring to light the main global challenges facing the planet today and how these can be addressed. Students explicitly learn thinking and research skills such as comprehension, text analysis, transfer and use of primary sources. Teachers emphasise the importance of inquiry, concepts, content and contexts and their interrelationships with each other to allow for a deeper and more integrated understanding of Economics as a discipline. The Economics course emphasises the economic theories of microeconomics, which deal with economic variables affecting individuals, firms and markets, and the economic theories of macroeconomics, which deal with economic variables affecting countries, governments and societies. These economic theories are applied to real-world issues. Some of the profoundly important questions students will be asked include: Does China threaten or improve our standard of living? Will India’s style of growth reduce poverty quickly enough? Is the discovery of oil a good thing? Why is Zimbabwe economically shrinking? Do the World Bank and the WTO represent the global community?
Offers of places at 16+ are conditional on applicants achieving our required grades at GCSE, IB MYP or the equivalent foreign examinations. We ask for three 7 grades (or grade A) and above and another three 6 grades (or grade B) and above at GCSE or for IB MYP we require three 6 grades and three 5 grades. These should include English and mathematics and, where applicable, the subjects chosen for IB Higher Level or A-Level. We allocate places on academic merit, considered alongside the potential to contribute to our co-curricular programme. We recommend at least a Grade 6 at I/GCSE in any subject taken at IB Higher Level or A-level; students will not normally be allowed to pursue a subject in which they have attained less than a Grade 5.
Higher Level only: • Paper 3 (1h45 mins). A policy paper drawing upon concepts from the entire syllabus including both quantitative and qualitative questions. Students answer two compulsory questions.