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A Level: Business

St Paul's Catholic School

Spencefield Lane, Leicester , Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 6HN

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent
Level 3
Business, Administration and Law

Available start dates

Available start dates

Friday, 28 August 2026
St Pauls Catholic School
2 Year(s)
Full time
Daytime/working hours
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Course Summary

A-level Business introduces you to all you need to know about working in business, providing a solid foundation for further study. If you interested in current affairs and in the financial world then this is the course for you. Your course of study will help you understand how contemporary businesses operate in a dynamic global marketplace. You will develop valuable key skills such as being able to and evaluate arguments, and make judgments based on statistical analysis and the manipulation of mathematical data. This highly academic course will enable you to focus on the dynamic nature of today’s business world. You will consider the major challenges facing business start-ups and the major functions of a business including people, operations, finance and marketing. It encourages the practical application of business concepts by exploring events in the business world and relating these to theories and practice.

Course Details

Year 12 - An introduction to key business areas: marketing, operations, finance and human resource management. This includes a special focus on decision making – particularly how decisions made in one area can affect the rest of the business. Specification for Year 13 - An investigation of the strategic decisions that all businesses have to make.

Year 13 - An investigation of the strategic decisions that all businesses have to make.

The full course specification can be found at: AQA A-Level Business Spec

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Examination Board: AQA (7132)

At A Level there are 3x 2-hour examinations:
- Paper 1 - 3 compulsory sections including multiple choice, short answer questions and a choice of two essay questions
- Paper 2 - 3 data response compulsory questions
- Paper 3 - One compulsory case study followed by approximately 6 questions

For more in depth details and information about the course, please visit - STP A-Level Business

Entry requirements

Students will be expected to have met St Paul’s entry requirements of 2 Grade 5’s and 4 Grade 4’s. A minimum of grade 4 in English and Maths is essential for all courses.

Your next steps...

A-level Business Studies opens up many options for students at university, and there are many courses available with permutations of Business/Management/Administration/Accounting and Finance.

A business-related degree opens the door to an array of career opportunities such in financial services, human resource management, data analyst, project manager, marketing consultancy, investment banking and the retail sector.

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