Business

Our Business students enter competitions and recently qualified for the semi-finals of BASE National Accountancy competition. Year 10 take part in the 10X challenge and Year 12 are entered in the Young Enterprise scheme and in 2023 were judged to the the Best Presentation and Most Innovative Product in the regional finals.
 

You don’t build a business, you build people, then people build the business – Zig Ziglar
 

Studying Business at GCSE or A level will build you as an entrepreneur, manager, and employee of the future. 

The subject helps you explore questions such as:

·        How can firms exploit new market opportunities?

·        What role do managers have in motivating their staff?

·        How can firms maintain their profit levels in the face of difficult trading conditions?

·        How important are ethics in business and how do they play a part in the decision-making of firms?

These are some typical questions for Business students on what is essentially a course about decision-making and risk. Business alerts its students to the way in which organisations of varying sizes and reasons for existing, address their fundamental concerns. There is no single formula for success as the criteria for it are movable and not set by any one source. Students are encouraged to use their knowledge to analyse the impact of business decisions in context and to consider how they may affect different stakeholder groups. Good judgements come from a deep understanding of the environment in which business takes place and a logical, well-reasoned methodology. Students are encouraged to distinguish between short-term and long-term objectives and to appreciate the distinction between a strategy and the methods of pursuing it. The department organises trips, speakers and competitions to enhance the overall experience and is responsible for supporting Enterprise Wellington, our own events organisation business that is available to all Lower Sixth students.

We offer three Business courses at Wellington:

·         GCSE Business – learning about the fundamentals of how a business works and the external impacts upon it.

·         A level Business – an expansion on the GCSE course, which really develops contextual analysis and evaluation of various business problems.

·         BTEC Business – a modular course which develops in-depth understanding of key business skills, and applies knowledge to real-life business simulations.