Business Studies:Single

Assessment

At the end of year 2 you will be required to sit three exams: Paper 1: Marketing, people and global businesses (35% of total award) Paper 2: Business activities, decisions and strategy (35% of total award) Paper 3: Investigating business in a competitive environment (30% of total award) Each of the three papers are two hours long. Each paper comprises of two sections each containing one data response question broken down into a number of parts, including one extended open-response question. Paper 3 is synoptic, so will therefore assess content across all themes of the A Level course. Paper 3 is based on a pre-released context. The context will focus on a broad area, such as an industry or market in which businesses operate. A new context document will be issued to the school each year. Students will be able to research the context prior to the exam, but will not be allowed to take any of their research data into the examination.