Welcome to the Business Education Department. Our team of five specialist teachers deliver a wide range of Business and Economics courses throughout Key Stages 4 and 5, as well as helping to develop financial awareness courses as part of the tutor programme.

The Business Education Department is a thriving and successful department. Our five subject specialist teachers are highly driven and encompass a diverse range of skills, all with different backgrounds of industry and teaching placements. Our department has successfully expanded each year since 2005.

Business Studies is an extremely popular subject, which is consistently over-subscribed largely due to the diverse topics that are studied. We teach GCSE and A Level Business Studies with teachers specialising in their areas of experience and strengths. We have a very high retention of AS students continuing at A2 and a large proportion successfully carry on to a Business-based University course or degree apprenticeship with prestigious employers.

In addition, we offer GSCE Economics to students as an option in Year 9. This course will equip students with the appropriate skills and knowledge for future employment, looking at micro and macro economic factors and the UK economy and globalisation. We also offer A Level Economics as an option for Sixth Form students.

We provide a variety of extra-curricular activities in order to develop students’ skills and experiences including a residential visit to Cologne, and an Enterprise Challenge in lessons.

As a department, we aim to convey the significance of the wide-ranging aspects of Business Studies and Economics to students, so that they are able to use the knowledge and skills they acquire throughout the courses we provide in any future career they choose.

Mrs J Kaiser-Cook: Head of Business and Economics (KS5)

Mrs N Bright-Thomas: Head of Business and Economics (KS4)