Study Business in a live, specialist Sixth Form classroom.
Business at iBOS develops operational, financial, marketing and strategic decisions in organisations, connecting specification knowledge to feedback, examination readiness and the student’s next destination.
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Knowledge · dialogue · feedback · mastery
What students study in Business
Knowledge · dialogue · feedback · mastery
The course develops operational, financial, marketing and strategic decisions in organisations. The current Pearson specification controls assessed content and the school confirms its sequence for each cohort.
Business formation, markets and people
Managing finance and operations
Strategy, competitiveness and growth
Global business and managing change
How live teaching develops understanding
Students apply concepts to organisations, interpret quantitative information and justify decisions. Live lessons allow assumptions and recommendations to be challenged.
Assessment and examination route
The Pearson Edexcel IAL is modular and externally assessed through written examinations using business data, contexts and extended responses.
University and career progression
Business can support management, entrepreneurship, marketing, accounting, finance and international-business routes.
Is this the right subject?
Clear written communication, numeracy and interest in how organisations respond to risk and opportunity support success. Choice must also consider the complete combination, workload and intended university requirements.
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01 · PathwayPlace this within Years 1–13
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03 · OutcomePlan assessment and examinations
Connect subject choices to specifications, exam entry and later destinations.
See this part of school in the wider iBOS journey.
Curriculum, teaching, pastoral support, evidence, fees and Admissions stay connected, so no important decision sits in isolation.
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