KEY STAGE 4 BUSINESS STUDIES CURRICULUM MAP

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

Comp 1 Business Activity Comp 3 Business operations Comp 5 Marketing
 The nature of business activity  Methods of production  Identifying and understanding
 Providing goods and services  Quality customers
Knowledge

 Business enterprise  Supply chain  Market research

 Business planning
 Business aims and objectives
 Business ownership
 Business growth
 Business location and site
 Developing knowledge and key terms
 Identifying an interpretation
 Develop an understanding of different
business contexts, including businesses
Year 10
 Sales process  The marketing mix
 Product
 Price
 Promotion
 Place
 Recalling knowledge and key terms  Use business terminology to identify
 Develop an understanding of the and explain business activity
dynamics of business activity being  Apply context to relevant case studies.
familiar with current issues in business  Explain the use and limitation of

ranging from small enterprises to large  Apply their knowledge and quantitative and qualitative data in
Skills

multinationals and businesses
operating in local, national and global
markets.
 Analyse how these contexts impact on
business behaviour.
understanding of the subject content
to business decision-making
 Understand how different business
contexts affect business decisions
making business decisions
 Expected to use a range of
mathematical skills and make
justifiable decisions using both
quantitative and qualitative methods

Students who chose to take the subject have no formal prior knowledge.
Students will initially be introduced to the business world to give them a foundation to build in in the next 2 years. Students will develop an
understanding of the Nature of business, including ‘the nature of business activity’.
Rationale

During Year 10 our skills focus is on students developing accuracy in their key terms and Business language that they should be using when
approaching exam questions and the way in which we answer longer answer questions (which differs in A Level).
The order in which the course has been set is down to not only mixed ability but having seen previous results through different cohorts, this is
proven to be a more beneficial as it will ease them into the course for year 10. By building knowledge and understanding of basic business
concepts, students will be able to develop their analysis of business activities and enrich their writing and application.
 Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Comp 4 Finance Comp 2 Influences on business Comp 6 Human Resources
 Sources of finance  Technological influence on business  Recruitment
 Revenue and costs activity  Training
 Profit and loss accounts  Ethical influence on business activity  Motivation
 Cash-flow  Environmental influence on business  Organisational structures
Knowledge

 Financial performance activity

 Recalling accurate knowledge and key
terms
 Statistical analysis of data
 Identifying differences in financial
Year 11
 Economic influence on business
activity
 The impact of globalisation on
businesses
 The impact of legislation on
businesses
 Recalling accurate knowledge and key  Use business terminology to identify and
terms explain business activity
 Identifying cause and consequence  Apply business concepts to familiar and
 Writing a balance argument considering unfamiliar contexts

 Develop problem solving and decision making

statements polices objectively
skills relevant to business
 Use of statistics and sources to support  Use of statistics and sources to support
Skills

 Investigate, analyse and evaluate business

judgements judgements opportunities and issues
 Problem solving  Understanding of graphical  Make justified decisions using both qualitative
 Understanding of graphical representations representations of graphs and quantitative data including its selection,
of graphs  Wider reading interpretation, analysis and evaluation, and
the application of appropriate quantitative
skills
Students have now studied a year of Business. These topics are more challenging in nature however the exam skills they have learnt and
practiced in Year 10 can be used here.
They have now built on their knowledge and are well established to challenge themselves with more comprehensive content. This will prepare
Rationale

students for both papers at the end of year 11 that include the business world and business perceptions. Both units assess content from all six
topic areas, so learners will be required to draw together knowledge, skills and understanding from across the subject content in each
assessment.
CPD sessions have proven that these three components are better off for year 11 study as students are more mature in their business knowledge
and have a deeper understanding of business contexts. By this stage they should have developed their writing skills and ability to apply context
to their answers to form an argument.