St. George's Church of England Foundation School, Broadstairs, Kent : Specialist Business & Enterprise College

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"Striving for Excellence through Enterprise"

Faculty: Business & Enterprise

Business Studies

Key Stage 4

BTEC Level 2 First Certificate and Level 2 First Diploma in Business

BTEC qualifications have been included in St. George’s curriculum to provide the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to prepare students for employment and/or further education.

Key features of the BTEC First in Business The BTEC First in Business has been designed to develop knowledge and understanding in the business sector, focusing on providing opportunities: for students to acquire technical and employability skills, knowledge and understanding which are transferable and will enable individuals to meet changing circumstances.

Rationale of the BTEC Firsts in Business The BTEC First in Business also provides opportunities for students to develop a range of skills and techniques, personal qualities and attitudes essential for successful performance in working life. The broad scope of the units is as follows:

• Unit 1: Exploring Business Purposes: business and ownership; classification of business activities; business aims and objectives; functional areas
• Unit 2: Developing Customer Relations: customer service in business; presentation and interpersonal skills; consistent and reliable customer service and customer satisfaction; monitoring and evaluation
• Unit 3: Investigating Financial Control: costs, revenue and profit; break even analysis; cash flow forecast; budgets; recording financial transactions
• Unit 4: Business Communication: business communications in business contexts; oral communication; written business documents; business communication skills
• Unit 5: People in Organisations: preparing for employment; terms and conditions of employment; working practices; career development
• Unit 6: Providing Business and Administration Support: business and administration support; office systems and equipment; administrative organisation and support for meetings; process, retrieve and archive information
• Unit 7: Personal Selling: sales teams; personal selling process; closing sales techniques
• Unit 8: Doing Business Online: different online business activities; benefits and operation of online business presence; feasibility of going online
• Unit 9: Exploring Business Enterprise: preparing for business; different aspects affecting preparation for business; starting and running a business
• Unit 10: Starting a Small Business: the initial business idea; skills and development needed; legal and financial aspects; outline business start up proposal.

Key Stage 5

One Year Intermediate Programme

GCSE IN APPLIED BUSINESS (DOUBLE AWARD)

Key Features

A broad-based qualification in Applied Business is the equivalent to two GCSEs.  Overall assessment is based on two internally assessed portfolio units and one externally examined unit.  Written papers are available in January and June.  Portfolio Assessment is available in January and June.  The qualification contains a balanced spread of content, covering business organisation, operation, human resources and finance.  It enables students to develop a valuable insight into how businesses operate via investigation and practical classroom activities and provides a progression route to further education or employment. 

SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT: Candidates will study the following three mandatory units.

1 Investigating business (Portfolio)

2 People and business (Portfolio)

3 Business finance (External)

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT: All students take Units 1 and 2.

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT: All students take Unit 3. This unit is assessed through an externally set paper. 

Students study three units which provide a broad introduction to a wide range of vocational issues.

Unit 1: Investigating Business

This unit is designed to provide a broad introduction to the key functions to be found in business organisations and the environment in which businesses operate.  The areas covered include:

• the aims and objectives of business organisations

• marketing and sales

• types of ownership

• research and development

• business location

• the use of IT

• business activity

• business communications

• human resources

• external influences

• administration and IT support

• competitors

• operations

• business economic conditions

• customer service

• environmental constraints.

The unit is assessed internally and moderated externally.

Unit 2: People and Business

This unit gives students a broad understanding of different job roles that people have in organisations.  It also looks at the critical area of customers and how best to deal with them successfully.  Students are required to investigate one organisation in order to see at first hand how people in job roles operate in the workplace. The areas covered include:

• rights and responsibilities of employers and employees

• investigating job roles

• working arrangements

• recruitment and training

• personal job applications

• staff development and training

• customer service

• customers and their expectations

• why customers are important

• resolving disagreements

• customer satisfaction

• protecting the customer.

The unit is assessed internally and moderated externally.

Unit 3: Business Finance

This unit looks at how businesses use money in the different transactions they undertake.

Students discover how money is raised and managed in the business environment, including the most common forms of financial records.  The areas covered are:

• investigating the flow of financial documents used to make a business purchase

• calculating the profit and loss of a business

• investigating methods for making and receiving payments

• understanding a balance sheet

• covering the costs of a new product or service

• the importance of business accounts

• using a cash-flow forecast

• sources of business finance

• using a budget

• financial planning

• calculating the break-even point.

This unit is assessed externally by a 1.5-hour test with short and extended questions.

Key Stage 5

Two Year Advanced Programme

GCE APPLIED BUSINESS Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level

Introduction

The idea behind this qualification is that students understand the nature of business and must actively experience the business environment.  The AS and Advanced GCE in Applied Business are vocational qualifications that enable students to develop both a broad understanding of Applied Business principles and give them the opportunity to focus on a specific pathway e.g. Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Administration.

The qualification encourages students to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of realistic business contexts through a variety of approaches from the theoretical to those with a clear practical emphasis, including work experience, case studies and research.

Students also have opportunities to explore and discuss their interests and aspirations and to develop sufficient depth of understanding to inform their choices between further study, training or employment.

GCE Advanced Subsidiary Single Award (3 AS units) Units 1, 2, 3.

GCE Advanced Level Single Award (3 AS units and 3 A2 units) Units 1, 2, 3 plus A2 Unit 8 and two A2 units (from A2 Units 9.16).  At least one of the A2 units must be externally assessed (ie Units 11, 12, 15).

Core AS units

Unit 1: Investigating Business.  Students explore the aims and objectives of businesses, the needs of their customers and how they are met. They investigate how businesses deal with competition from other businesses and how external factors, such as changing social values, can affect business. Students will also look at the meaning of enterprise and enterprising behaviour and why individuals and teams are vital to the success of a business.

Unit 2: People in Business.  Students study the roles and responsibilities of people in business, such as the qualities an employer looks for in its employees and the training and development opportunities available to individuals. This unit gives students the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge needed to carry out the activities associated with the recruitment process.

Unit 3: Financial Planning and Monitoring.  Students learn how to calculate business costs, revenues and profits, and how managers use this information in decision-making. They investigate the ways in which businesses plan their finances by, for example, drawing cash flow forecasts or budgets, and how businesses use these data to monitor the performance of the organisation.

Core A2 Units

Unit 8: Business Planning. Students are given the opportunity to produce a structured business plan for a new product or service and to apply the skills and knowledge learnt through other units.

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