See Year 13s Economics ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year:
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Microeconomics | Strategies Influencing Growth and Development |
| Macroeconomics | Monopolies |
| Microeconomics | Terms of Trade |
| Macroeconomics | Pride Discrimination, Contestability |
| Microeconomics | Trading blocs and WTO |
| Macroeconomics | Monopolistic Competition |
| Macroeconomics | Restrictions of free trade and balance of payments |
| Microeconomics | Monopsony |
| Macroeconomics | Exchange rates, International competitiveness |
| Microeconomics | Oligopoly, Collusion, Game Theory |
| Macroeconomics | Poverty and inequality |
| Macroeconomics | Financial sector |
| Microeconomics | Wage Determination, D&S of Labour |
| Macroeconomics | Role of the state in macroeconomics |
| Microeconomics | Govt intervention |
| Micro & Macro | Revision |
| Micro & Macro | Revision |
Exam Board – Edexcel
What will you study?
Theme 3:
Business behaviour and the labour market
revenues, costs and profits
market structures
labour market
Theme 4:
A global perspective
emerging and developing economies
the financial sector
Theme 3: Business behaviour and the labour market. government intervention.
Theme 4: A global perspective role of the state in the macroeconomy. Paper 1 and 2 Revision
Paper 3 revision and exam technique; Paper 1 and 2 revision and exam technique.
Useult tips and resources
• Alain Anderton – Economics
• Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner – Freakonomics
• Tim Hardford – The Undercover Economist
• Ken Binmore – Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
• David Smith – Free Lunch
• Broadsheet newspapers: The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, Financial Times
• The Economist
• Tutor2u
• Yr12 T2U Lessons
• Bank of England
• Khan Academy
• University of Southampton
• University of Basel
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. Autumn Term.
Read:
• Dharshini David – Almighty Dollar
• Kate Raworth – Doughnut Economics
Visit:
The Bank of England Museum
Watch:
Bitcoin: The End of Money as we know it
Economics and Business society – discussing current themes in the financial, business and economics worlds. Autumn Term.
Read:
• Freidrich von Hayek – The Road to Serfdom
• Adam Smith – The Wealth of Nations
• Gareth Stedman Jones – Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
Visit:
The Bank of England
Browse:
The Economist
Watch:
The True Cost
LEAD – GDST organised entrepreneurial project. Autumn and Spring Terms.
Economics and Business society – discussing current themes in the financial, business and economics worlds. Autumn Term.
Read:
• Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, Fast and Slow
• Cass Sunstein & Richard Thaler – Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness
• Richard Thaler – Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics
• Robert Skidelsky – The Essential Keynes
Watch:
We feed the World
The Corporation
The Fed and Lehman Brothers: setting the record straight on a financial disaster
Visit:
The Bank of England
Browse:
• Institute of Economic Affairs
• Stock trade simulator
