Economics
Edgbarrow School - Bracknell Forest
01344772658
Grant Road, Crowthorne, RG45 7HZ
Course summary

A Level Economics offers an insight to how businesses, governments and individuals think and make decisions. Microeconomics is the study of individuals and businesses and how they behave as consumers and suppliers, and Macroeconomics considers the policies of Government and how the global economy has an effect on politics and ourselves.

Entry requirements

GCSE Mathematics at grade 5 or above. GCSE English Language at grade 5 or above.

How you'll be assessed

Exams Unit 1 (micro) – Markets and business behaviour – An introduction to economics and economic thought, a study of how markets work and why they fail, economic problems and models, supply and demand, market structure, costs, revenues and profit, efficiency, game theory, mergers/takeovers and labour economics (35% of A Level). Unit 2 (macro) – The national and global economy – This unit focuses on government policies, the economy and its indicators and the economics of happiness, limitations of government, international trade and currencies, global and development economics, poverty and inequality and emerging economies (35% of A Level). Unit 3 (synoptic) – covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics (30% of A Level)Assessment is a mixture of multiple choice, short answer, data response and essay questions.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionSouth East
Local AuthorityBracknell Forest
Ofsted RatingOutstanding
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressGrant Road, Crowthorne, RG45 7HZ