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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject:
Business Studies
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
Scheme of work: three years
This scheme of work for GCSE Business Studies (8132) is designed to suggest possible activities and resources that you may find useful in
your teaching.
Assumed coverage
This scheme assumes the GCSE is taught over three years, with two hours of teaching per week. This equates to approximately 60 hours per
year and 180 hours over the three-year course. All suggested timings are approximate and will depend on the ability of students and the
activities used to teach topics. This scheme of work is designed as a suggestion only and not as a prescriptive approach. Due to the time frame
of the course schools are encouraged to include exam preparation examples and tasks throughout the course.
Year 1
Specification reference
Teaching hours
3.1 Business in the real world (3.1.1-3.1.7)
39 hours
3.4 Human resources (3.4.1-3.4.4)
21 hours
Year 2
Specification reference
Teaching hours
3.3 Operations management (3.3.1-3.3.4)
29 hours
3.2 Influences on business (3.2.1-3.2.6)
26 hours
Revision and exam practice (paper 1)
5 hours