Business / Enterprise

Autumn Term

Theme 1 - Investigating small businesses

Topic 1.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship

Theme 2: Building a Business
Topic 2.1: Growing the business

Christmas Term

Theme 1 - Investigating small businesses

Topic 1.2 Spotting a business opportunity

Theme 2: Building a Business
Topic 2.3: Making operational decisions
Topic 2.4: Making financial decisions

Winter Term

Theme 1 - Investigating small businesses

Topic 1.3 Putting a business idea into practice

Theme 2: Building a Business
Topic 2.5: Making human resource decisions

Easter Term

Theme 1 - Investigating small businesses

Topic 1.4 Making the business effective

Revision of all topics and exam structure and practice

Spring Term

Theme 1 - Investigating small businesses

Topic 1.5 Understanding external influences on business

Revision of all topics and exam
structure and practice

Summer Term

Theme 2 Building a Business Topic

2.2 Making Marketing Decisions

Autumn Term

Understand how and why enterprises and entrepreneurs are successful

Present a plan for the microenterprise idea to meet specific requirements

Christmas Term

Understand customer needs and competitor behaviour through market research

Review the presentation of the microenterprise idea to meet specific requirements

Winter Term

Understand how the outcomes of situational analyses may affect enterprises.

Marketing Activities:
Targeting and segmenting the market, 4ps of the marketing mix and trust, reputation and loyalty.

Easter Term

Complete component one PSA.

Spring Term

Complete component one PSA.

Financial Planning and Forecasting:
Budgeting, cash flow, break-even and sources of finance

Summer Term

Choose an idea and produce a plan for a micro-enterprise idea

Autumn Term

Unit 1: Exploring Business, features of a business, stakeholders and organisational structures

Christmas Term

Unit 1: Exploring Business, The internal and external environments and their effects on business

Winter Term

Unit 1: Exploring Business, Innovation and enterprise in practice Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign, understanding and setting aims and objectives, analysing market research, and external influences

Easter Term 

Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign, understanding target markets, the Marketing Mix and how to apply it.

Setting timescales and budgets for campaigns

Spring Term

Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign, preparing for assessment

Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance, Understanding the role of personal finance

Summer Term

Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance, Personal finance products and services on offer.

Understanding consumer protection.

Autumn Term

Behaviour and Discipline in the Uniformed Protective Services

Christmas Term

Behaviour and Discipline in the Uniformed Protective Services

Winter Term

Introduction to Criminology

Easter Term

Introduction to Criminology

Spring Term

Introduction to Criminology

Summer Term

Introduction to Criminology

Autumn Term

Theme 1 - Marketing and People: Developing an understanding of meeting customer needs, the market, marketing mix and strategy

Christmas Term

Theme 1 - Marketing and People: Developing an understanding of marketing mix and strategy

Winter Term

Theme 1 - Marketing and People: Developing an understanding of managing people, entrepreneurs and leaders

Easter Term

Theme 2 - Managing Business Activities: Developing an understanding of raising finance, financial planning

Spring Term

Theme 2 - Managing Business Activities: Developing an understanding of managing finance resource management

Summer Term

Theme 2 - Managing Business Activities: Developing an understanding of external influences.