KS3 Enterprise (Business)

Curriculum Overview

The overarching aim of the Business curriculum is to enable all students to be successful learners, who are determined, enthusiastic, ambitious and have an enquiring approach to the world of Business.

The curriculum fosters a sense of curiosity and encourages students to seek further learning opportunities both within and outside the classroom. The design builds on the St Bernadette Student as a scholar and striving for excellence.

Business is taught for the first time in Year 9, and is a subject that students can opt to take when they complete their first set of option choices at the end of Year 8.

How will I be assessed?

Students are assessed in Terms 1 to 3 through an Enterprise project (Shoes/Trainers). In this project, they will apply the knowledge gained by gathering market research, generating a customer profile, deciding on an effective product design, and calculating costs and potential profit for the business proposal. This assessment model is similar to the one used in Year 10.

In Terms 4 to 6, students will be assessed through a more traditional approach, with an end-of-module test at the end of each term. Each module will have an end-of-module test that includes knowledge questions and business case study questions from the GCSE question bank, providing an accurate way of assessing students' knowledge.

Formative assessment occurs throughout lessons via knowledge retrieval, questioning, and short answers, following Rosenshine's principles.

Important Overview Documents

Curriculum Rationale
Key Learning Steps
Year 9 Road Map

Modules

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KS3 Enterprise (Business)

Curriculum Overview

How will I be assessed?

Important Overview Documents

Modules

Year 9 - Market Research

Year 9 - Customer Profile

Year 9 - Product Design

Year 9 - Business Finance

Year 9 - Business Ownership

Year 9 - Sources of Finance

Year 9 - Advertising

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