September 2023 Business update

Thu Aug 31 13:45:00 UTC 2023

Welcome to this September 2023 update!

The main focus of this update relates to post-results services and looking forward to the new year.  There are new network events for both GCSE and A level.  We are also looking back to last year with two requests for feedback: on the 2023 exams; and on the FT case studies we produced last year.

I do hope that the start of the new term goes well.
 

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Key dates

Date Activity
15 September Entry deadline for International GCSE November 2023 series
20 September GCSE network - reflections on Paper 1
26 September A level network - reflections from 9BS01
28 September Deadline for applications for Reviews of Marking (RoMM)
3 October A level network - reflections from 9BS02
18 October GCSE network - reflections on Paper 2
7 November A level network - reflections from 9BS03
15 November GCSE network - Tackling the 12 mark question
6 December GCSE network - Mocks Marking Live!
12 December A level network - Mocks Review

 

 

Post Results

ResultsPlus is an online results analysis tool that gives you a detailed breakdown of your learners’ performance in Pearson Edexcel exams.

ResultsPlus provides detailed analysis of your learners' performance and will help you to identify potential topics, skills and types of questions where students may need to develop their learning further. You may find it helpful to understand how your learners’ performance compares with class and Pearson Edexcel national averages and to gather some insight data that may support effective teaching and learning approaches.

 

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Ofqual has published: 'Exam results 2023: 10 things to know about GCSE, AS  and A level grades'.

Read the Ofqual article

On Results Day, you may wish to find the 2023 grade boundaries for your subject on our Grade Boundaries page.

The A level Business maximum mark is 335 as this reflects the different weightings of the three A level papers. All three papers are out of 100 but Papers 1 and 2 have a 35% weighting whereas Paper 3 has a 30% weighting. This means that the marks you see are adjusted marks and not raw marks.

The conversion works by multiplying Paper 1 and 2 marks by 1.1725 and the Paper 3 mark by 1.005.

If you would like to see the cumulative percentage of candidates at each grade boundary as a percentage of the total cohort, you will need to visit the Grade Statistics Page.

The Access to Scripts service allows you to view your candidates’ marked scripts online or download as PDFs, providing transparency of marking and to help you make decisions around requests for reviews of marking and inform future teaching and learning.

The Access to Scripts service provides a rich source of information, enabling detailed analysis to inform teaching and learning and support students, giving insights and visibility that performance data alone cannot provide.

The portal can only be accessed by Edexcel Online users who have the 'Exam Viewer' profile ticked on Edexcel Online. Your exams officer gives teachers access to 'Exam Viewer'.

Please note that these scripts do not contain examiners' annotations.

If scripts have been marked 'traditionally' (i.e. not online), you will need to request them, free of charge, by the published deadline, via the Post Results section of Edexcel Online as in previous exam series.

Access To Scripts via Script Viewer is available from Results Day until 15 December 2023.

Candidate consent is required before requesting script copies, as per section 6.2.1 of the JCQ's Post-Results Services guide.  Candidate consent can only be obtained after results have been published.

Candidate consent forms can be found in Appendix B of the JCQ Post results Services document.

Review of marking of externally assessed components (Service 2)

This is a check that our examiners have marked externally assessed components correctly and includes:

  • a clerical check (Service 1)
  • a review of marking of units/components by a senior examiner

You can ask us to review the marking of exam papers for individual candidates and the results for each candidate will be reported separately. This service isn't available for internally assessed/externally moderated coursework components.

Candidates’ marks or grades can go up, down or stay the same.

The deadline for completion is within 20 calendar days of receiving the request.

To get a copy of the reviewed exam paper, you should request an Access to Script (ATS) service at the same time as submitting the Service P2 request. There is a fee for this additional service.

The deadline for us to receive your request for a review of marking is 28 September.

Centres must obtain written candidate consent for clerical re-checks and
reviews of marking, as with these services candidates’ marks and subject grades
may be lowered.  Candidate consent must be obtained after the publication of results.

Candidates must be informed that their marks and subject grades could go
down as well as up and must provide their written consent before a request is
submitted. (A suggested form for centres to use is included as Appendix A of the JCQ Post-results Guide).

 

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of a review of marking, you may wish to appeal against the decision. We will allow the head of centre (or designated member of the centre’s senior management team or examinations manager) 30 calendar days from the receipt of the outcome of the review of marking, during which an appeal may be lodged by sending an email to the following address: edexcelappeals@pearson.com. There is further guidance on appeals on our website.

Appeals guidance

Applications for appeals may only be accepted from a head of centre (on behalf of a candidate or a group of candidates) or private candidates. See the JCQ appeals booklet, 46 & 47.

JCQ guide to the awarding bodies’ appeals processes 

 

 

Pearson School Report 2023

The brand-new Pearson School Report explores education in England and how educators are pioneering change in 2023.

Featuring the views of 6,000+ teachers and 1,000 students, the report shares experiences from both sides of the school desks and invaluable insights on:

  • challenges and opportunities facing schools
  • sustainability and climate education
  • digital innovation – the positives, possibilities and problems to solve
  • diversity, equity and inclusion.

You can read the report online (link below) and have your say on social media via #PearsonSchoolReport.   


Please give us your feedback on the May/June 2023 exams

To enable us to improve the experience of teachers using our qualifications and students sitting our exams, we gather feedback after each exam series. If you're a teacher, and your students have taken any of our exams in the May/June 2023 series we want to know what you liked or didn't like in this year's exam papers. We'll share your feedback with our senior examiners and across teams to ensure we continue to make improvements to our papers where appropriate so we can make sure your students have the best exam experience. Please complete our surveys and have your say. Thank you.  



GCSE Business

 

For help with:

  • free support and networking
  • free resources
  • paid-for resources from Pearson
  • paid-for resources from Hodder
  • other paid-for resources
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For help with:

  • recorded feedback training
  • building your own question papers (examWizard)
  • the key command verbs
  • grade boundaries and statistics

Save the dates!

The dates for the 2023-2024 GCSE network events are below.

The links to sign up will appear through the year on the training page.

20 September

Reflections on Paper 1

This session will focus on reviewing Paper 1 from the summer exam series. It will look at what the students did well and common errors that were observed.

We will give examples of these observations by going through a number of responses. There will be activities that will allow you to mark and suggest improvements to responses.

Register for this event

18 October

Reflections on Paper 2

This session will focus on reviewing Paper 2 from the summer exam series. It will look at what the students did well and common errors that were observed. We will give examples of these observations by going through a number of responses. There will be activities that will allow you to mark and suggest improvements to responses.

Register for this event

15 November Tackling the 12 mark question with a focus on writing conclusions
6 December Paper 1 Mock Marking Live!
17 January Classroom tips for topic areas
21 February Tackling the 9 mark Justify question
20 March Paper 2 Mock Marking Live!
24 April Top tips for reaching grade 9 and raising attinment in lower attainers.

Pearson Revise Online gives every student the same access to all their revision guides for Pearson Edexcel and AQA subjects. All in one place online, with quick quizzes and knowledge checks to help them prioritise their learning.

This year, teachers can get free access to the platform to use in front-of-class revision lessons in the run-up to mocks.  

The 28 case studies uploaded last year used the Financial Times as the main source.

We would welcome some feedback before we decide whether or not to continue with these:

Feedback form

 

  Case study Topic areas - Theme 1 Topic areas - Theme 2
1 Philips   2.5.1 Organisational structures
2.5.4 Motivation
2.4.2 Understanding business performance
2.4.1 Business calculations
2.3.3 Managing quality
2 Deliveroo 1.4.3 The marketing mix
1.5.4 The economy and business
1.5.5 External influences
2.2.2 Price
2.3.2 Working with suppliers

3 Tik Tok 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.1.3 The role of business enterprise
1.2.1 Customer needs
1.2.3 Market segmentation
1.4.2 Business location
1.5.2 Technology and business

2.2.4 Place

2.3.4 The sales process

4 Adidas 1.1.3The role of business enterprise
1.2.4 The competitive environment
1.4.3 The marketing mix
1.5.3 Legislation and business
2.1.4 Ethics, the environment and business
2.2.1 Product
2.2.3 Promotion
5 Joules 1.1.2 Risk and reward
1.2.4 The competitive environment
1.5.4 The economy and business
1.5.5 External influences
 
6 BP 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.5.2 Technology and business
2.1.2 Changes in business aims and objectives
2.1.3 Business and globalisation
2.1.4 Ethics, the environment and business
2.3.1 Business operations
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
2.5.3 Effective training and development
7 Amazon 1.5.4 The economy and business 2.1.2 Changes in business aims and objectives
2.4.2 Understanding business performance
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
8 Primark 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.3.2 Business revenues, costs and profits
1.5.4 The economy and business
1.4.2 Business location
1.5.2 Technology and business
2.1.2 Changes in business aims and objectives
2.1.4 Ethics, the environment and business
2.2.4 Place
9 NHS   2.5.1 Organisational structures
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
2.5.4 Motivation
10 Ford 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.1.3 The role of business enterprise
1.2.1 Customer needs
1.2.4 The competitive environment
1.5.2 Technology and business
1.5.5 External influences
2.1.4 Ethics, the environment and business
2.2.1 Product
2.3.1 Business operations
11 Halfords 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.1.3 The role of business enterprise
2.1.1 Business growth
2.1.2 Changes in business aims and objectives
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
12 Wilko 1.3.2 Business revenues, costs and profits
1.3.3 Cash and cash-flow
1.3.4 Sources of business finance
1.4.2 Business location
1.5.4 The economy and business
2.4.1 Business calculations
2.4.2 Understanding business performance
13 Boohoo 1.2.4 The competitive environment
1.3.2 Business revenues, costs and profits
1.4.2 Business location
1.5.4 The economy and business
2.4.1 Business calculations
2.4.2 Understanding business performance
14 Workforce management 1.5.1 Business stakeholders
1.5.3 Legislation and business
2.1.1 Business growth
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
2.5.3 Effective training and development
15 Office working 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.2.4 The competitive environment
1.4.2 Business location
2.1.4 Ethics, the environment and business
2.5.1 Organisational structures
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
16 Diageo 1.2.3 Market segmentation
1.2.4 The competitive environment
1.3.4 Sources of business finance
2.1.1 Business growth
2.2.2 Price
17 Pandora 1.4.2 Business location
1.4.3 The marketing mix
1.5.4 The economy and business
1.5.5 External influences
2.2.4 Place
2.2.5 Using the marketing mix to make business decisions
18 Brewdog 1.4.2 Business location
1.5.4 The economy and business
1.5.5 External influence
2.1.3 Business and globalisation
2.5.4 Motivation
19 Airlines 1.5.3 Legislation and business
1.5.4 The economy and business
2.1.2 Changes in business aims and objectives
2.1.3 Business and globalisation
2.1.4 Ethics, the environment and business
20 Nestle 1.3.2 Business revenues, costs and profits
1.5.4 The economy and business
1.5.5 External influences
2.1.1 Business growth
2.4.1 Business calculations
2.4.2 Understanding business performance
21 Inflation 1.3.2 Business revenues, costs and profits
1.5.4 The economy and business
1.5.5 External influences
2.1.1 Business growth
2.1.3 Business and globalisation
2.3.2 Working with suppliers
22 Starbucks 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.1.3 The role of business enterprise
1.2.1 Customer needs
1.2.4 The competitive environment
1.4.1 The options for start-up and small businesses
1.5.5 External influences
2.1.1 Business growth
23 Just Eat 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.5.3 Legislation and business
1.5.4 The economy and business
2.1.1 Business growth
2.1.4 Ethics, the environment and business
2.5.1 Organisational structures
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
2.5.4 Motivation
 
24 B & Q 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.2.1 Customer needs
1.3.2 Business revenues, costs and profits
1.4.2 Business location
1.4.3 The marketing mix
1.5.4 The economy and business
2.1.2 Changes in business aims and objectives
2.2.4 Place
2.3.4 The sales process
2.4.1 Business calculations
25 Vodafone 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.2.1 Customer needs
1.5.1 Business stakeholders
2.1.1 Business growth
2.3.4 The sales process
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
2.5.3 Effective training and development
26 Lloyds 1.1.1 The dynamic nature of business
1.2.1 Customer needs
1.4.2 Business location
1.5.1 Business stakeholders
2.5.1 Organisational structures
2.5.4 Motivation
27 Deloitte and PWC 1.2.4 The competitive environment
1.4.2 Business location
1.5.1 Business stakeholders
1.5.5 External influences
 
2.1.2 Changes in business aims and objectives
2.5.1 Organisational structures
2.5.2 Effective recruitment
2.5.3 Effective training and development
2.5.4 Motivation
28 John Lewis 1.3.2 Business revenues, costs and profits
1.3.4 Sources of business finance
1.4.1 The options for start-up and small businesses
1.5.1 Business stakeholders
2.5.4 Motivation

These booklets offer a basic template for teachers and learners and include:

  • specification content
  • key terms
  • a case study
  • exam-style questions
  • explanations of command verbs

The booklets can be customised by adding images, a school logo, and further questions.  If you look on the qualification page you will see that there are two files for Topic 1.4.1.  One of them has been customised to provide an example of how this can be done.

They really are an excellent resource.

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For help with:

  • free support and networking
  • free resources
  • paid-for resources
     

For help with:

  • building your own question papers (examWizard)
  • the key command verbs
  • grade boundaries and statistics
     

Onscreen mocks are now available for International GCSE Business

International GCSE Business will have the first onscreen assessment available from 2024.

Make sure you’re signed up for the latest onscreen assessment news to find out how to register your school.

International GCSE Business is in the last group of subjects to make a modular route available to learners from September 2025.

This means that we will have both a modular and a linear route to achieve this qualification for centres outside the UK.

If you are happy with the linear approach, there is no need to move to the modular route; our linear International GCSEs will continue to be offered and taken widely by learners around the world. ​

However, if you believe the modular route will be of benefit to your learners, this will be available from September 2025 with the first exams in May/June 2026.

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Business: Welcome to Pearson

This online training is designed for teachers who are new to delivering the International GCSE Business specification.

Module 1 focuses on teaching the course and will give you an understanding of the content of the qualification and how to cover it, course/lesson planning, understanding the assessment and preparing students for it, and a brief overview of support from Pearson available to teachers.

Module 2 will give you an understanding of how the content is assessed by reviewing the assessment objectives and mark schemes, practise applying the mark schemes using exemplar student work, as well as an understanding of how marks were determined.  

 

Module 1: 3 October 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 GMT

Register for Module 1

Module 2: 10 October 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 GMT

Register for Module 2

Understanding assessment and improving delivery in International GCSE Business

In this training delegates will:

- Be introduced to the idea of assessment objectives: what are they and why they are used when writing examination papers.

- Analyse recent question papers and learn which types of question match the different assessment objectives.

- Investigate different assessment objectives, considering how questions that use a levels-based mark scheme have been answered by looking at feedback from previous exam series.

- Discuss strategies for teaching to try and make sure students can access questions targeting different assessment objectives.

Module 1: 26 September 2023 at 08:00 - 10:00 GMT

Register for Module 1

Module 2: 28 September 2023 at 08:00 - 10:00 GMT

Register for Module 2

We're introducing a regular International GCSE November series, first running in November 2023. The November series is being introduced to best meet the needs of students requiring International GCSE exam opportunities outside of the full May/June series, and it will replace the existing January series from 2024. This will result in just May/June and November series going forward for International GCSE.

Why are we moving to a November exam series?

Due to the pandemic, circumstances meant that we needed to follow a November International GCSE exam series in 2020, 2021 and 2022. As the November series seemed to be well received, we consulted schools to understand whether there was a preference for a permanent November exam series or reverting to January. 

November was the preferred option for most schools; not just for resits, but also for learners studying on a January–December academic year.

The timetable is below.

The entry deadline is 15 September.

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For help with:

  • free support and networking
  • free resources
  • paid-for resources from Pearson
  • paid-for resources from Hodder
  • other paid-for resources
     

For help with:

  • recorded feedback training
  • building your own question papers (examWizard)
  • the key command verbs
  • grade boundaries and statistics
     

Save the dates!

The dates for the 2023-2024 A level network events are below.

The links to sign up will appear through the year on the training page.

Tuesday 26 September

Reflections from 9BS01

This session will focus on reviewing 9BS01 from the summer examination series. It will look at what the students did well and common errors that were observed. We will give examples of these observations by going through a number of responses. There will be activities that will allow you to mark and suggest improvements to responses.

Register for the session

Tuesday 3 October

Reflections from 9BS02

This session will focus on reviewing 9BS02 from the summer examination series. It will look at what the students did well and common errors that were observed. We will give examples of these observations by going through a number of responses. There will be activities that will allow you to mark and suggest improvements to responses.

Register for the session

Tuesday 7 November

Reflections from 9BS03

This session will focus on reviewing 9BS03 from the summer examination series. It will look at what the students did well and common errors that were observed. We will give examples of these observations by going through a number of responses. There will be activities that will allow you to mark and suggest improvements to responses.

Register for the session

Tuesday 12 December

Mocks review

This session will look at ways in which departments may choose to review the mock examinations to maximise the progress of learners. There will be an opportunity to network and share ideas with other teachers on how to get the best from mock feedback and next steps for the students after their mock examinations

Register for the session

Tuesday 23 January

From C to A* grade answers

This session will look at a number of student response to see how these responses can be improved, by identifying the key areas of the marking grid that should be maximised to reach the top level or marks on each question

Register for this session

Tuesday 5 March

Developing effective conclusions

This session will look at the different ways to approach a conclusion on a 10,12 and 20 mark question. It will look at common errors that students make when attempting a conclusion and good examples of when they have reached top marks.

Register for this session

Tuesday 30 April

Revision (learn to learn) strategies

This session will be focussed on learning strategies for A Level Business, in particular topics that students often confuse or get wrong. There will be opportunities to network with other teachers and share best practice in the classroom to support the students with their revision

Register for this session

Free student livestreams on a variety of Theme 1 and 2 topics start on Tuesday 10 October at 18.00 and continue on subsequent Tuesdays until the end of November.

The 28 case studies uploaded last year used the Financial Times as the main source.

We would welcome some feedback before we decide whether or not to continue with these:

Feedback form

  Case Study Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3 Theme 4
1 Nestle 1.2.1 Demand
1.3.5 Marketing strategies
2.3.1 Profit
2.5.1 Economic influences
3.4.3 Shareholders versus stakeholders  
2 Transatlantic Travel 1.1.1 How competition affects the market
1.1.2 Market positioning
1.3.2 Ways to build a brand
 
2.5.1 Exchange rates    
3 Heinz 1.1.1 Market share

2.3.1 Ways to improve profitability
3.1.4 Impact of external influences  
4 Instagram
1.3.2 Branding and promotion 2.5.2 Legislation 3.4.4 Business ethics  
5 Primark       4.3.1 Marketing
4.3.3 Cultural factors
4.4.2 Ethics
6 Next 1.4.1 Approaches to staffing 2.3.2 Business failure
2.4.3 Stock control
3.2.2 Mergers and takeovers    
7 Amazon 1.4.2 Recruitment, selection and training 2.2.1 Sales forecasting
2.3.1 Profit
2.4.1 Production, productivity and efficiency
   
8 Chicken 1.2.2 Factors that lead to a change in supply
1.2.3 Markets
2.2.3 Break even 3.1.4 Impact of external influences 4.1.2 International trade and business growth
9 Honda 1.1.1 The market
1.3.3 Pricing strategies
    4.2.4 Reasons for global mergers and Joint ventures
10 Renault 1.1.3 Market positioning
1.3 Marketing mix and strategy
2.3.1 Profit
2.5.1 Economic influences
   
11 AnMouf 1.2.1 Demand
1.2.3 Markets
  3.1.4 Impact of external influences  
12 Asda
1.3.4 Distribution
1.4.1 Approaches to staffing
1.4.2 Recruitment, selection and training
1.4.3 Organisational design
     
13 Amazon Warehouses 1.4.1 Approaches to staffing
1.4.3 Organisational design
    4.4.1 Impact of MNCs on the local economy
14 Twitter 1.4.1 Approaches to staffing
1.4.4 Motivation in theory and practice
2.5.2 Employee legislation    
15 Doc Martens   2.3.1 Profit
2.5.1 Economic influences
  4.3.1 Marketing
4.2.3 Assessment of a country as a production location
16 Halfords 1.3.5 Marketing strategy 2.5.1 Economic influences 3.1.4 Impact of external influences 4.1.5 Trading blocs
4.2.5 Global competitiveness
17 Women entrepreneurs 1.5.2 Entrepreneurial motives and characteristics
1.5.6 Moving from entrepreneur to leader
     
18 Food shortages 1.2.2 Supply
1.2.3 Markets
    4.1.5 Trading blocs
19 Online to Offline shopping 1.3.4 Distribution
1.3.5 Marketing strategy
2.5.3 The competitive environment 3.1.2 Theories of corporate strategy
3.2.2 Mergers and takeovers
 
20 BrewDog 1.4.1 Approaches to staffing
 
  3.1.2 Theories of corporate strategy
 
4.2.1 Conditions that prompt trade
4.2.4 Reasons for global mergers or joint ventures
4.3.3 Cultural/social factors
21 Nestle 1.3.1 Product/service design 2.5.1 Economic influences
2.5.3 The competitive environment  
3.1.2 Theories of corporate strategy
3.4.3 Shareholders verses stakeholders
 
22 Prime   2.2.1 Sales forecasting
2.5.2 Legislation
3.1.4 Impact of external influences
3.2.1 Growth
 
23 Tik Tok 1.4.1 Approaches to staffing
1.4.4 Motivation in theory and practice
     
24 Twitter   2.1.4 Planning
2.2.2 Sales, revenue, and costs
2.3.2 Liquidity
   
25 Meta 1.4.1 Approaches to staffing 2.4.1 Production, productivity and efficiency
2.5.2 Legislation
 
   
26 Fast Fashion 1.3.1 Product/service design
 
    4.4.2 Ethics
4.2.1 Conditions that prompt trade
27 Premier Inn 1.4.4 Motivation in theory and practice
1.5.5 Business choices
2.3.1 Profit
2.4.2 Capacity utilisation
3.1.4 Impact of external influences   4.4.2 Ethics
28   Kirin     3.1.2 Theories of corporate strategy
3.2.2 Mergers and takeovers
4.2.2 Assessment of a country as a market
 

From 2023 onwards, the wording of the level-based descriptors for the 8, 10 and 12 mark questions will change to provide transparency in examiners’ marking approach and greater clarity for teachers and students.

These exemplars have been produced, following teacher feedback, to ensure the approach to marking is accessible to both teachers and students in preparation for final course assessment.

The senior team for GCE Business is made up of practising teachers, so we understand how important it can be to share our knowledge, understanding and the practice of marking, especially with respect to answers relating to Levels of Response questions.

Contained in this booklet is a selection of student responses taken from the summer of 2022 series, complete with the level and appropriate marks awarded. After each response is a commentary which should help to explain the level and raw mark awarded.

These selected responses aim to illustrate to teachers and learners the difference between Level 3 and level 4 responses, to clarify examiners’ approach to marking and to help students access the higher mark bands.

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This document considers:

  • key assessment differences between the specifications
  • key content differences between the specifications

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The Economics Factory now has digital versions of the Anforme A level Business books.

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For help with:

  • free support and networking
  • free resources
  • paid-for resources
     

For help with:

  • building your own question papers (examWizard)
  • the key command verbs
  • grade boundaries and statistics
     

This online training is designed for teachers who are new to delivering the International Advanced level Business specification.

Module 1 focuses on teaching the course and will give you an understanding of the content of the qualification and how to cover it, course/lesson planning, understanding the assessment and preparing students for it, and a brief overview of support from Pearson available to teachers.

Module 2 will give you an understanding of how the content is assessed by reviewing the assessment objectives and mark schemes, practise applying the mark schemes using exemplar student work, as well as an understanding of how marks were determined.

Module 1: 07 November 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 GMT

Register for Module 1

Module 2: 14 November 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 GMT

Register for Module 2

This online training is designed for teachers who are delivering the International A Level Business specification.

This training will give you an understanding of how assessments are structured for the qualification and how your teaching can be adapted to help your students’ performance on examination papers.

The training is comprised of two 'standalone' modules which are booked separately.

Module 1: 21 November 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 GMT

Register for Module 1

Module 2: 28 November 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 GMT

Register for Module 2

The entry deadline is 28 August 2023.

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