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Business Studies - Year 10

GCSE Business Studies (Edexcel)

Half Term 1 (June - July)
  • What is enterprise?
  • Enterprise Housing
  • Businesses
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: No
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: No
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 2 (September - October)
  • Businesses
  • Understanding Customer Needs
  • Market Mapping
  • Competition
  • Added Value
  • Thinking Creatively
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: No
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 3 (November - December)
  • Thinking Creatively
  • Questions to be Asked
  • Invention and Innovation
  • Taking a calculated risk
  • Objectives when starting up a business
  • Estimating revenues, costs and profits
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: No
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 4 (January - February)
  • Estimating revenues, costs and profit
  • Forecasting cash flow
  • The business plan
  • Obtaining finance
  • Customer focus and the marketing mix
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: No
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 5 (March - April)
  • Start-up legal and tax issues
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Recruitment, training and motivating staff
  • Demand and supply
  • The impact of exchange rates
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: No
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 6 (April - May)
  • The impact of the business cycle
  • Business decisions and stakeholders
  • Revision and Exam Preparation
  • Mock Exam
  • Exam
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: Yes
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: No
Field Trips/Visits: No

Suggested Reading List
Edexcel GCSE Business: Introduction to Small Business - Publisher Pearson ISBN:978-1-84690-496-7