A-LEVEL
Want your own start-up and thirsty for success? Wake up every day with product ideas and want to develop a team to get them on the market?
On the Business A Level you’ll learn the formula to building winning enterprises.
You’ll need a creative mind, one that’s focused both on the little details and the bigger picture.
Modern businesses have a greater challenge than ever. It’s no longer enough to find the right product or service. Your customers are more environmentally aware and cost conscious than ever. Finding a balance is your challenge as an entrepreneur.
Making things that are both appealing and good, and providing meaningful work to your employees, are the hallmarks of a successful 21st century enterprise.
Business is ever changing, but the basics stay the same. You need to be quick but methodical in problem solving and making decisions.
On this course we’ll teach you lots of practical tricks and tips to make the right calls while applying critical analysis to every situation.
Shares are a robust indicator of business health. They’re sold by the business to raise money. Shareholders make money either through dividends or an increase in the value of their stocks. But there’s no guarantee profitable businesses will pay dividends.
There are many external and internal factors influencing share price, from political climate and the economy to the company’s management and reputation.
What makes a great investment? We’ll compare the share prices of car firm Tesla and cinema chain Cineworld and go behind the scenes to understand why one boomed and the other plummeted.
We also review the fortunes and otherwise of online food delivery company Just Eat and online fashion retailer Boohoo as they either enjoyed or endured operating during a time of national lockdown.
During your Business A-level you’ll be doing a lot of work around analysis, marketing and researching. You’ll be fascinated by data and people, and also the workings of commerce – both at the start-up level, and also more established organisations. Law, retail and HR may be sectors that interest you.
You’ll be ready to expand your knowledge in many different areas. Most of our students go on to study business management, administration, accountancy and finance, HR, marketing and retail management degrees.
Business Opportunities and Functions
Business Analysis and Strategy
Business in a Changing World
Six good passes at GCSE including two at grade 6 or above
Grade 5 from Maths, Grade 5 from English
2 years
3 final 2hr15 exams
Linear A-Level
Eduqas
We make sure you’re ready for the final exam through regular class assessment. This includes online quizzes, in class assessment, formal end of unit assessments and mock exams.
Two Xaverian students, Ben Haughton, previously a student at West Hill School and studying A Levels in Biology, Geography and Psychology and Reuben Rowbotham-Keating, previously …
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance visit Xaverian College on an annual basis to run performance masterclasses, spending hours coaching A Level Music and …
Ten outstanding students from Xaverian College have received offers to study at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Following months of intensive …
Two Xaverian students, Ben Haughton, previously a student at West Hill School and studying A Levels in Biology, Geography and Psychology and Reuben Rowbotham-Keating, previously …
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance visit Xaverian College on an annual basis to run performance masterclasses, spending hours coaching A Level Music and …
Ten outstanding students from Xaverian College have received offers to study at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Following months of intensive …
