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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject:
Business Studies
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
Scheme of work: two 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 two years, with two hours of teaching per week. This equates to approximately 60 hours per
year and 120 hours over the two-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)
25 hours
3.2 Influences on business (3.2.1-3.2.6)
20 hours
3.4 Human resources (3.4.1-3.4.4)
15 hours
Year 2
Specification reference
Teaching hours
3.3 Operations management (3.3.1-3.3.4)
20 hours
3.5 Marketing (3.5.1-3.5.4)
25 hours
3.6 Finance (3.6.1-3.6.4)
15 hours