Business A Level

Assessment

Paper 1: Marketing, People and Global Business. Written exam: 2 hours, 100 marks, 35% of A Level Paper content: This paper will assess Themes 1 and 4: Marketing, People and Global Business Paper 2: Business Activities, Decisions and Strategy Written exam: 2 hours, 100 marks, 35% of A Level Paper content: This paper will assess Themes 2 and 3: Business Finance and Operations, Business decisions and Strategy. Paper 3: Investigating Business in a Competitive Environment Written exam: 2 hours, 100 marks, 30% of A Level Paper content: This paper will assess all 4 themes and will based on a pre-release Case Study issued in the November before the exam in the following summer. The context will focus on a broad context, such as an industry or market in which businesses operate. The question paper will be in two sections. The first section will focus on the broad context provided. This will be outlined to centres through the pre-released document. Questions will focus on the broad context. The second section will focus on at least one strand within the context provided, such as a particular business. Paper Structure for all three exams: Each paper will have two sections Sections A and B each comprise one data response question (case study) broken down into a number of parts, including one extended open-response question. Students answer a range of extended writing questions and two 20-mark evaluations The A-level assess quantitative skills, making up a minimum of 10% of the overall marks. The skills tested include ratios, averages, fractions, percentages and calculation of profit and loss.