Economics

Our Aims

  • To cultivate a genuine interest in and enthusiasm for economic issues and ideas.

  • Understand how economics helps explain and shape the broader social and economic world.

  • To inspire and cultivate pupils' critical thinking skills, developing the mindset of an economist and evaluate the impact and consequences of decisions, considering multiple perspectives.

  • Build strong analytical and quantitative skills, along with the positive attitudes and values needed to navigate adult and professional life.

Curriculum

The study of Economics allows pupils to learn how economic theory can be applied to real life scenarios, addressing issues faced by businesses, governments and society. A study of economics helps to explain much of what is happening in the world around us and pupils will develop critical thinking and applied skills.

We follow the CCEA specification: https://ccea.org.uk/post-16/gce/subjects/gce-economics-2016

The specification has four units:

Unit AS 1: Markets and Market Failure
Unit AS 2: Managing the National Economy
Unit A2 1: Business Economics
Unit A2 2: Managing the Economy in a Global World.

All examinations consist of a number of short answer questions, a case study question broken down into a number of parts and one extended open response question.