Course information
Business Studies
Swanlea School - Tower Hamlets
02073753267
31 Brady Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 5DJ
Course summary

Why study it? BTEC's provide a more practical approach to learning. Lessons are made up of a combination of theory and practice. You will use some of your lessons to carry out investigations, work in teams, listening to lectures from external visitors and trips to business such as Coca Cola, Cadbury's and car production plants. What will I learn? In marketing you will look at how firms, big and small conduct market research and use it to develop target markets. You will analyze the importance of quantitative data in business and how it helps firms develop marketing strategies at the executive level. In finance you will create all the important documents necessary for a small business start-up. These include a cash flow forecast and breakeven charts. You will also analyze more complex document such as the trading profit and loss account and the balance sheet. In HR you will analyze the importance of effective recruitment, communication, organizational structures and some theory behind leadership and management. In operations management you will learn about efficient methods of stack control and how this could help lower costs. You will analyze how large firms control costs and why they possess al the cost advantages. The department has a long history of delivering outstanding results. All of our students go on to business degrees and a significant proportion have moved to Russell group universities.

Entry requirements

GCSE grade 4/5 in English Language and Maths

How you'll be assessed

Business is taught over two years. A combination of internal and external assessment is used to determine your final grade. For the internal assessment, you will complete several units of coursework to get your final grade at the end of year 13. Four of the units are assessed externally. You will sit 2 exams each year.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionLondon
Local AuthorityTower Hamlets
Ofsted RatingOutstanding
Gender TypeMixed
Address31 Brady Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 5DJ