One of the things that makes Business and Economics such great subjects is that they are dynamic. We often encourage our students to consider everything that is happening around them, on a day to day…

An important skill for all Business and Economic students is the ability to link theoretical content with what is going on in the real world. This is part of the beauty of our subjects; that…

We have spent a lot of time recently thinking about, and discussing with colleagues, whether or not there will be gaps in student knowledge as they enter into their 2nd year of A Level study;…

This is my second in a series of short blogs about simple but highly effective ideas to use in the classroom. This is one I used to use a lot with a very mixed GCSE…

Inside the factory – Cereal bars A factory manufactures goods. It takes inputs and adds value to create an output. Write a definition of each of the underlined terms. Are factories part of the primary,…

As always, I try to encourage students to ask why? This entails looking for links between the activities of a business and the theory they learn in the classroom. I liked this 15 question quiz…

A picture paints a thousand words This is my first in a series of short blogs about simple but highly effective ideas to use in the classroom. I would simply show the first image on…

When our new year 12 students join us in September we often have a mixture of those who have studied the subject at KS4 and those that haven’t, those who follow real world business stories…

  When our new year 12 students join us in September we often have a mixture of those who have studied the subject at KS4 and those that haven’t, those who follow real world business…

Netflix – 56 minutes As you watch this documentary complete the activities below. You will need to pause, and possibly go back, on several occasions. With reference to the chocolate industry explain the term specialisation….