Business (Year 10)
See Year 10s Business ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year:
| Topic | Sub-topic |
|---|---|
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.1.1 Why and how new business ideas come about |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.1.2 Risk and Reward 1.1.3 Role of business enterprise |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.1.3 Role of business enterprise 1.2.1 Customer needs |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.2.2 Market research |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.2.3 segmentation |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.2.4 The competitive environment |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.3.1 Business aims and objectives financial 1.3.1 non financial |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.3.2 business revenues, costs and profits |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.3.2 cash flow and cash |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.3.4 Sources of business finance |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.3.4 sources of business finance |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.4.1 The options for start up and small businesses |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.4.2 Business location |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.4.3 Marketing Mix |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.4.4 Business Plans |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.5.1 Business stakeholders |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.5.1 Business stakeholders |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.5.2 Technology and business |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.5.3 Legislation and business |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.5.4 The economy and business |
| Investigating Small Businesses | 1.5.5 External influences |
| Investigating Small Businesses | Revision |
| Building a Business | 2.1.1 Business growth |
| Building a Business | 2.1.2 Changes in business aims and objectives |
| Building a Business | 2.1.3 Business and globalisation |
| Building a Business | 2.1.3 Business and globalisation |
| Building a Business | 2.1.4 Ethics, the environment and business |
| Building a Business | 2.2.1 Product |
| Building a Business | 2.2.2 Price |
Exam Board – Edexcel
What will you study?
Theme 1: Investigating small business
Topic 1.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship
Topic 1.2 Spotting a business opportunity
Theme 1: Investigating small business
Topic 1.3 Putting a business idea into practice
Topic 1.4 Making the business effective
Topic 1.5 Understanding external influences on business
Theme 2: Building a business
Topic 2.1 Growing the business
Topic 2.2 Making marketing decisions
Useful tips and resources
School provided workbook for all content:
• Anyone can do it – Duncan Bannatyne
• The Rise And Fall Of Marks & Spencer: ..and How It Rose Again – Judi Bevan
• What You See Is What You Get: My Autobiography by Alan Sugar
• Management in ten words by Terry Leahy
• Teams – past papers, knowledge organisers and independent workbooks have been uploaded
• BBC Bitesize edexcel section
• Tutor 2 U – for revision resources and quizzes
• Two teachers – lots of free videos on their youtube channel
Tutor2U Big Quiz to test your knowledge
• Tutor 2 Quiz 1
• Tutor 2 U Quiz 2
• Tutor 2 U Quiz 3
What super curricular activities can KS3 students engage with at school?
Economics and Business society – discussing current themes in the financial, business and economics worlds. Autumn Term.
Read:
• The New One Minute Manager – Blanchard & Johnson – Audio Book FREE
• Anyone can do it – Duncan Bannatyne
Watch:
• Inside Cadbury chocolate secrets unwrapped
• Tricky Business – (4OD)
• Wake Up and Change Your Life by Duncan Bannatyne
Visit:
Museum of Brands, London
Browse:
Financial times – for news
BBC Business news