Year 9 – Business Studies

Head of Subject: Mr J Willets


Intended Outcomes

Teaching content will be primarily focusing on the mathematical elements of the GCSE course such as revenue, profit, breakeven, margin of safety and cash flow. Students will also be learning about entrepreneurial activities, market research and beginning to practice the exam style questioning techniques necessary for GCSE. 

  • Course Implementation

    Enterprise & Entrepreneurship 

     

     

    Students will be learning about the importance of an entrepreneur to a successful business and how they bring in new products while engaging with the customer needs. Students will receive an end of topic assessment which will be comprised of two elements to tackle both extended questions and also multiple-choice questions.  

    Mathematical Business 

     

     

    Students will have the opportunity to challenge themselves on the more difficult aspect of the course by learning new mathematical formulae required to run a successful business such as revenue, profit, loss, costs, cash flow, interest rates, breakeven level of output and margin of safety. Students will be tested frequently throughout lessons to ensure they have the correct answers on mathematical questions asked but there will also be an end of unit test where they will have numerous case studies to analyse then answer a series of exam style questions.  

    Spotting a Business Opportunity 

     

     

    Students will be learning about the importance of market research, market segmentation and the competitive environment for businesses to be able to survive. There will be an end of unit assessment comprising of both multiple-choice and extended exam style questions.  

Learning Impact

Students will be learning the key skills to be able complete the difficult mathematical elements of the course and understand how to complete each type of question step-by-step. Throughout the course of Year 9, students will also be introduced to exam writing structure techniques that will help their analytical thought processes to be able to argue a point with backed up chains of reasoning. Parents will be able to see their child’s progress through assessments being completed on Office 365 Teams Assignments at any time they wish to do so.  

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