Economics

Assessment

The A Level is structured into four themes with three externally assessed examinations taken at the end of Year 13. Each written paper is two hours long. The four themes are as follows: • Theme 1 – Introduction to markets and market failure (inc. government intervention). • Theme 2 – The UK economy – performance and policies (inc. growth, employment, inflation and macroeconomic policy). • Theme 3 – Business behaviour and the labour market (inc. business growth and market structures). • Theme 4 – A global perspective (inc. international economics, economic development and the financial sector). The specification taught is Edexcel Economics A (9EC0). The examination papers contain a good mixture of short answer questions, data response questions and essay style questions.