“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Powerful Knowledge in Business
Powerful knowledge in Business is the realisation that business is part of everybody’s everyday life as a consumer, potential employee and stakeholder of society. It is a “real life” understanding that businesses and the economy are intrinsically linked, affecting every part of their life, both now and in their future. Business empowers inquisitiveness, expecting students to analytical question business actions, considering the internal and external factors that influence decision-making.
We encourage students to move away from the rigidity of specification learned content to broaden their knowledge and understanding of issues within the economy/politics, empowering them to tackle and interpret any given business situation through sound business understanding. Through wider reading of the news, we analyse and infer the impact of market forces, consumer spending and external influences.
Curriculum Features
We will develop minds inspired to understand the relationships between structures, responsibilities and actions within specific areas of business organisations: Operations, Marketing, Finance, HR. We analyse a wide range of businesses within the real world, asking students to enquire about their products/services, competitive environment, finances and impact on the environment. We encourage students to examine why some businesses are so successful, while others make mistakes that can lead to failure.
We want a greater understanding of the world of business, teaching to broaden minds about the environment of business and enterprise, to become worldly wise. Students will have the opportunity to consider cultures, ideas and opinions from the business world being aware of environmental/ethical, regional/religious/ethnic, and socio-economic issues that may all have an impact on enterprise.
In Business, we provide curriculum pathways to suit learner needs (GCSE / BTEC / A Level) that allow all learners to make solid progress.
Co-curricular Enrichment
- KS4 Pre-Exam – Friday After School
- Rooms open every day for Business Catch-up or BTEC Coursework support
- Year 7 Electives – “Money Maker”
- Year 9 Competition – Global Money Week
- Link with Maths – “My Money Week – Summer – Year 8”
- Link with Geography – “Green Careers Week – visiting businesses”
- Enterprise Event – Year 7 (Summer term)
- Sixth Form “Enterprise” Challenge Event – Chocoholics
- Visiting Speakers
- Meet the Entrepreneur/Employer – TEAMS Briefings