Business, Enterprise and Computing
Head of Department
Mr Bellingham (Business and Enterprise)
Mr Sanghera (Computer Science)
In Key Stage 3 pupils have 2 hours of Business, Enterprise and Computing per fortnight. In Key Stage 4, GCSE Computer Science, GCSE Business and BTEC Enterprise are available as options courses.
Year 7
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 | Teams certificate |
| 2 | Teams certificate/Idea IT in the workplace |
| 3 | Computer Science |
| 4 | Media project |
Year 8
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 | Media project |
| 2 | Media Project/Idea IT in the workplace |
| 3 | Idea Computer Science |
| 4 | Computer Science |
Year 9
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 | Media project |
| 2 | Media Project/Idea IT in the workplace |
| 3 | Idea Computer Science |
| 4 | Computer Science |
GCSE Computer Science (OCR)
Year 10
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Computer Systems Programming techniques |
| 2 |
Logic, Data representation Levels of Programming languages |
| 3 |
Compression Testing |
| 4 |
Networks Threats and Security |
Year 11
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Software (operating systems & utility) Computer Science technologies |
| 2 | Levels of Programming languages |
| 3 | Revision |
GCSE Business Studies
Year 10
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Topic 1.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship Topic 1.2 Spotting a business opportunity external influences on business |
| 2 | Topic 1.3 Putting a business idea into practice |
| 3 | Topic 1.4 Making the business effective |
| 4 | Topic 1.5 Understanding |
Year 11
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Topic 2.1 Growing the business Topic 2.2 Making marketing decisions |
| 2 |
Topic 2.3 Making operational decisions Topic 2.4 Making financial decisions |
| 3 | Topic 2.5 Making human resource decisions |
BTEC Enterprise (Tech Award)
Year 10
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marketing and Finance examined unit - 3 |
| 2 | Marketing and Finance examined unit - 3 |
| 3 | Component 1 Exploring Enterprises |
| 4 | Component 1 Exploring Enterprises |
Year 11
| Assessment Cycle | Content Covered |
|---|---|
| 1 | Component 2 Planning for and Pitching an Enterprise activity |
| 2 | Component 2 Planning for and Pitching an Enterprise activity |
| 3 | Marketing and Finance examined unit 3 resit revision |
