Students must meet the minimum entry requirements for the Vocational or Combination study pathway. There are
no additional specific entry requirements for this subject.

This is an exciting course at Bourne Academy that gives students the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to prepare for employment or higher education.

This course is ideal for students who have a strong commitment to Business Studies and wish to move towards a career in some aspect of business and the commercial sector or even start their own business. Examples of this may be entrepreneur, accountant, sales, marketing, promotions or event planning.

Unit 1 – Exploring Business

• You will study the purposes of different businesses, their structure, the effect of the external environment, and how they need to be dynamic and innovative to survive.

Unit 2 – Developing a Marketing Campaign

• You will gain skills relating to, and an understanding of, how a marketing campaign is developed.

Unit 3 – Personal and Business Finance

• You will study the purpose and importance of personal and business finance. You will develop the skills and knowledge needed to understand, analyse and prepare financial information.

Unit 8 – Recruitment and Selection in Business

• You will explore how the recruitment process is carried out in a business. You will have the opportunity to participate in selection interviews and review your performance.

Students will work to a brief and be given clear assessment criteria so they can be confident on what is expected to achieve a Distinction* / Distinction / Merit / Pass. Your final grade will be calculated from a culmination of the points collected across all units. Throughout the course, students will be well supported by teachers who will give feedback on progress against the key assessment criteria.

Across the course students will complete units that are assessed in a variety of ways. There are three different types of assessment: coursework (internally assessed), tasks and written examination (both externally assessed).

Unit 1 – Exploring Business

• Assessed through assignments and tasks in coursework

Unit 2 – Developing a Marketing Campaign

• Externally assessed task

Unit 3 – Personal and Business Finance

• Externally assessed written examination

Unit 8 – Recruitment and Selection in Business

• Assessed through assignments and tasks in coursework

The BTEC National Extended Certificate is a Level 3 qualification which is the equivalent to one A-level and widely recognised by universities and employers.

Completion of this course will enable students to access employment, such as accounting, advertising, marketing, recruitment / HR or higher education, such as a business based degree.