Business (Year 12)
View Year 12s Business ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year:
| Topic | Sub-topic |
|---|---|
| Marketing & People | 1.1.1 The market |
| Marketing & People | 1.1.1 The market 1.1.2 Market research |
| Marketing & People | 1.1.3 Market positioning 1.2.1 Demand |
| Marketing & People | 1.2.2 Supply 1.2.3 Markets |
| Marketing & People | 1.2.4 Price elasticity of demand (PED) |
| Marketing & People | 1.2.5 Income elasticity of demand (YED) |
| Marketing & People | 1.3.1 Product/service design, 1.3.2 Branding and promotion |
| Marketing & People | 1.3.3 Pricing strategies 1.3.4 Distribution 1.3.5 Marketing strategy |
| Marketing & People | 1.4.1 Approaches to staffing 1.4.2 Recruitment, selection and training 1.4.3 Organisation design |
| Marketing & People | 1.4.4 Motivation in theory and practice 1.4.5 Leadership 1.5.1 Role of an entrepreneur |
| Marketing & People | 1.5.2 Entrepreneurial motives and characteristics 1.5.6 Moving from entrepreneur to leader |
| Marketing & People | 1.5.3 Business objectives 1.5.4 Forms of business 1.5.5 Business choices |
| Managing business activities | 2.1.1 Internal finance 2.1.2 External finance |
| Managing business activities | 2.1.3 Liability 2.1.4 Planning |
| Managing business activities | 2.2.1 Sales forecasting 2.2.2 Sales, revenue and costs |
| Managing business activities | 2.2.2 Sales, revenue and costs 2.2.3 Break-even |
| Managing business activities | 2.2.4 Budgets 2.3.1 Profit |
| Managing business activities | 2.3.2 Liquidity 2.3.3 Business failure |
| Managing business activities | 2.4.1 Production, productivity and efficiency 2.4.2 Capacity utilisation |
| Managing business activities | 2.4.3 Stock control 2.4.4 Quality management |
| Managing business activities | 2.5.1 Economic influences 2.5.2 Legislation |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.1.1 Corporate objectives |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.1.2 Theories of corporate strategy 3.1.3 SWOT analysis |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.1.4 Impact of external influences |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.2.1 Growth 3.2.2 Mergers and takeovers |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.2.3 Organic growth 3.2.4 Reasons for staying small |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.3.1 Quantitative sales forecasting |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.3.3 Decision trees 3.3.4 Critical Path Analysis |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.4.1 Corporate influences 3.4.2 Corporate culture |
Exam Board – Edexcel
What will you study?
Theme 1: Marketing and people
meeting customer needs
the market
marketing mix and strategy
managing people
entrepreneurs and leaders.
Theme 2: Managing business activities raising finance financial planning managing finance resource management external influences.
Theme 3: Business decisions and strategy business objectives and strategy business growth decision-making techniques influences on business decisions assessing competitiveness managing change.
Useful tips and resources
• Hall, Jones et al – Edexcel AS/A level Business 5th ed ActiveBook
• Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner – Freakonomics
• Paul Ormerod – Positive Linking – Networks and Nudges
• Gerd Gigerenzer – Risk Savvy – How to make good decisions
• Broadsheet newspapers: The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, Financial Times
• The Economist
• Tutor2u
• Bank of England
• Khan Academy
• BIMA
• Dublin City University
• Entrepreneur-now network
What super curricular activities can KS5 students engage with at school for your subject?
Economics and Business society – discussing current themes in the financial, business and economics worlds.
LEAD – GDST organised entrepreneurial project.
Browse:
BBC Business news www.bbc.co.uk
Skynews https://news.sky.com/uk
Read:
• Walter Isaacson – Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
• Gareth Stedman Jones – Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
• Dharshini David – Almighty Dollar
• Stephen R. Covey – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Ferguson, Alex and Moritz, Michael – Leading
• Alan Sugar – What You See Is What You Get: My Autobiography
Visit:
Museum of Brands, London
Browse:
Financial Times
LEAD – GDST organised entrepreneurial project. Autumn and Spring Terms.
Read:
Duncan Bannatyne – Anyone can do it
Richard Branson – Losing my virginity
Judi Bevan – The rise and fall of Marks and Spencer
Richard Branson – Screw it lets do it
Theo Paphitis – Enter the dragon
Visit:
LSE for free conferences/seminars
Browse:
The Independent
Bloomberg
The Times