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Economics
Key Stage 4
OCR Economics (9-1) J205
Year 10 | Year 11 |
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1.1 Main economic groups and factors of production |
3.5 Fiscal policy |
Key Stage 4 assessment
- Regular class topic tests at the end of each topic - definitions, explanations and calculations
- Multiple choice questions
- Extended essays - Supply and demand, Competition, The Labour market, Inflation
- Research tasks eg Assess the economic impact of the Working Time Directive
- Exam questions – both in class and set as homework
Key Stage 5
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Economics A (9EC0)
Year 12 | Year 13 |
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1.1 Nature of Economics |
3.1 Business growth |
Key Stage 5 assessment
- Regular class topic tests at the end of each topic - definitions, explanations and calculations
- Multiple choice questions with extended answers – emphasis on “chain of reasoning”
- Extended essays - analysis and evaluation
- Research tasks eg “Should the government put a tax on sugar?”
- Exam questions – both in class and set as homework
Curriculum enrichment outside of the classroom
- Visitors from Bank of England, Treasury and private firms eg KPMG, HS2 pressure group leader, Silverson Engineering
- Attend lectures at other schools
- Access to the Financial Times; subscription to the Economist; Royal Economic Society
- Videos: The big short; Enron Scandal, Ted Talks
- Recommend play “The Lehman Trilogy”
- Royal Economics Society Essay competition
- Updates of opportunities for careers in Economics eg Collaboration of Kent University with Civil Service
- Purchased an online economics package packed with current data and in-depth analysis