Business Studies

Business Studies

OCR GCSE Applied Business Studies is a key stage four option at Heathcote School.  It enables students to develop a valuable insight into how businesses operate via investigation and practical classroom activities.  

Students will be provided with opportunities to learn about:
● career pathways, qualifications that employees have and how they use them;
● how businesses organise themselves in order to meet their aims and objectives;
● how they are arranged in different departments, their purposes and the activities they undertake;
● issues relating to rights and responsibilities of employers and employees;
● working arrangements such as how they recruit, retain and develop staff;
● customer care policies and how they are put into practice;
● how they keep track of money;
● how information technology is used to manage finances and plan ahead;
● financial documents and how they are used to make financial decisions.

Assessment is based on both portfolio evidence and an external assessment.

Business Studies Syllabus
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