Department Vision 

The department vision is in line with the wider school of developing well rounded individuals who are resilient, ‘interested’ and ‘interesting’ individuals that flourish. An offer of a high-quality academic curriculum, enriched with wider cultural and social development allow for students to allow students to flourish using the gift God has given them. Furthermore, lessons should challenge all students and provide clear support so that all students are able to achieve. Students are encouraged to see the benefits of diversity and how it can be enriching and how different groups of people also share values held by Christians. We will help students to live life in all its fullness by fostering sound financial choices, developing a growth mindset in students so they view problems or setbacks as challenges, and we will seek to help students develop resourcefulness to overcome these challenges. Individual lessons aim to develop the wider vision. It is through overcoming challenges or tests that students will learn, grow, and become wiser.

Subject Information 

Business and Enterprise at Wolverley CE Secondary School aim to support students in developing their understanding of the business world and entrepreneurship.

It is our aim to prepare students to use business and financial information to make better decisions for both themselves in a personal capacity as well as enhancing their ability to make sound business decisions in a professional capacity.

Students are able to study GCSE Business or BTEC Enterprise at Key Stage 4.

OCR GCSE Business Studies

The OCR GCSE Business course involves the study of many essential areas of business which will prove very useful for students in their future careers. This subject has 2 exams in the summer of tear 11.

This includes but is not limited to the study of;

• business activity,
• marketing
• people,
• operations,
• finance,
• external influences on business.

BTEC Enterprise

The BTEC Enterprise course is a mixture of coursework and examination. This course focusses on exploring businesses, business finance, promotion and planning and pitching a business idea.

Component 1 – Assignment

• What is an enterprise?
• Types and characteristics of SMEs
• The purpose of enterprises
• Entrepreneurs
• Customer needs
• Using market research
• Understanding competitors
• Internal factors
• External factors
• Situational analysis
• Measuring the success of an SME

Component 2 – Assignment

• Generating ideas for a micro-enterprise activity
• Plan for a micro enterprise activity
• Pitching a micro-enterprise activity
• Presenting a business pitch
• Using feedback and review of the pitch

Component 3 – external exam

• Elements of the promotional mix and their purposes

• Targeting and segmenting the market
• Factors including the choice of promotional methods
• Financial documents
• Payment methods
• Sources of revenue and costs
• Terminology in financial statements
• Statement of comprehensive income
• Statement of financial position
• Profitability and liquidity
• Using cash flow data
• Financial forecasting
• Suggesting improvements to cash flow problems
• Break-even analysis and break-even point
• Sources of business finance