Year 13 — Business Studies

Term 1: Unit 2 Marketing Campaign

C Planning and developing a marketing campaign

C1 Marketing campaign activity

C2 Marketing mix

C3 The marketing campaign

C4 Appropriateness of marketing campaign

Assessment on section C

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Allows students to reflect on the impact their actions have on a particular scenario

Create a supportive community:

Students research the practice assessment together

Term 2: Unit 2 Marketing Campaign

Unit 2 assignment released

Students to look at exemplar work before carrying out assignment research.

Students to complete required research across all sections.

This unit is assessed under supervised conditions. Part A is released two weeks before Part B is scheduled for learners to carry out research. Part B is a supervised assessment of three hours taken in a single session during the two-day period timetabled by Pearson. The assessment is set and marked by Pearson.

The number of marks for the unit is 70.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Students will be able to develop knowledge of the principles of marketing and the ability to analyse and evaluate their work. This will be applied to a business' marketing campaign

Create a supportive community:

Through group work and independent practice, students will be able to work through marketing problems and apply their answers within context of a particular business. This will help them develop analytical and evaluative skills

Term 3: Unit 8 Recruitment and Selection

Unit 8: Recruitment and Selection Process Learners explore how the recruitment process is carried out in a business. The unit gives learners the opportunity to participate in selection interviews and review their performance. Learning Aim A-how effective recruitment and selection contribute to business success Topics Covered: -Recruitment and Staff -Recruitment and the selection process -Ethical and legal considerations in the recruitment process Assessment 1 to be completed by students. Learning Aim B Undertake a recruitment activity to demonstrate the processes leading to a successful job offer Topics Covered: -Job applications -Interviews and skills

Assessment 1 to complete Learning Aim A

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Students will be able to develop an understanding of the recruitment and selection process used by businesses. They will then be able to analyse and evaluate the performance of a particular business as well as their own

Create a supportive community:

As part of this assignment, students will through the use of group work and independent work be able to carry out interviews and the whole recruitment process for a business evaluating both the business and their own performance

Term 4: Unit 8 Recruitment and Selection

Learning Aim B Undertake a recruitment activity to demonstrate the processes leading to a successful job offer Assessment 2 to be completed for Learning Aim B Learning Aim C Reflect on the recruitment and selection process and your individual performance Topics Covered -Review and Evaluation -SWOT analysis and action plan

Assessment 2 to be completed for Learning Aim B

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Students will be able to develop an understanding of the recruitment and selection process used by businesses. They will then be able to analyse and evaluate the performance of a particular business as well as their own

Create a supportive community:

As part of this assignment, students will through the use of group work and independent work be able to carry out interviews and the whole recruitment process for a business evaluating both the business and their own performance

Term 5: Unit 8 Recruitment and Selection

Learning aim C: Reflect on the recruitment and selection process and your

individual performance

C1 Review and evaluation

C2 SWOT analysis and action plan

Assessment 3 to be completed for Learning Aim C

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Students will be able to develop an understanding of the recruitment and selection process used by businesses. They will then be able to analyse and evaluate the performance of a particular business as well as their own

Create a supportive community:

As part of this assignment, students will through the use of group work and independent work be able to carry out interviews and the whole recruitment process for a business evaluating both the business and their own performance