Business Studies  

Business studies at Hagley is a highly specialised course taught at Advanced level in the sixth form. The Department is made up by one specialist teacher who is fully committed to the development of business, economic and commercial awareness and competence of all students.

• Mr A Trickett – Assistant Principal and Teacher of Business Studies – Atrickett@emmausmac.com

To view the curriculum mapping document for Business studies please click the link below. If you have any queries then please contact the Subject Leader.

The study of Business at Hagley Catholic High School should enable students to know and learn about the basic existence of firms, and to recognise the basic economic problem of scarcity and choice.  Business studies should enable students to know about entrepreneurs and understand what makes a successful entrepreneur.  They will learn how management leadership, and decision making can improve performance in marketing, operational, financial, and human resources.  Students will also explore the interrelated nature of business activities and how they affect businesses, be they large or small, UK or global.  They study basic economic principles, how markets are affected by world events, and how to assess a firm’s financial health

The curriculum is designed to produce competent efficient and effective managers, bankers, entrepreneurs, hoteliers, restaurant and financial; information officer who are equipped with conceptual, human, and technical skills and are well -serves in the application of business and economic principles.  Studying these disciplines at advanced level helps students gain the necessary skills so they can understand how economic markets work around the world.  Travel in education can help enhance students’ cultural capital, hosting trips from Jaguar Land Rover to Cadbury’s world enriches their social, personal and moral development.

Faith is the driving action in all that we do and plays a significant role in the development and sustaining of a business venture.  Our consistent use of virtues harnesses this belief and underpins the very existence of the relevance of our subject.  We make learning accessible by differentiating and scaffolding resources.  We persistently revisit and retrieve knowledge and familiarise the abstract.  We promote a growth mindset by using digital technology to facilitate learning and consistently draw on real life examples to bring the subject to life.