Business
Business A Level is an exceptionally useful course as it has a practical and academic benefit. Business equips students to understand the factors affecting businesses and helps them gain a head start in future careers in a range of organisations. We examine the internal structure of a range of businesses, looking at areas including marketing, finance, production and personnel. We also examine external forces that affect businesses, such as recession, and the strategies they can adopt to achieve their business goals.
At Kimbolton, we have an interactive teaching style which applies the analytical tools to both small and prominent businesses. Our weekly news sheets help us to examine both amusing and serious business events. We organise trips and encourage extra-curricular involvement in various competitions. We also have an enviable track record of success in creating real businesses via business competitions.
We are proud of our recent record of 'value-added' in public examinations.


Departmental Staff
Curriculum
Sixth Form – A Level optional subject
We follow the AQA Business syllabus. There is no coursework or controlled assessment. The three examinations are:
- Paper 1 - Fifteen multiple choice, short questions and two essays.
- Paper 2 - three data response questions based on real companies.
- Paper 3 - six questions based on a major case study.
Kimbolton 7th Period Super Curriculum: We will dig deeper behind the personalities and events of current news stories and debate them. You’ll practise strategic decision-making and prepare for competitions such as the BASE national business and accounting competition. You will also hear from local businessmen and people who work in companies like Nestle and Coca-cola.
- View our Sixth Form Prospectus
Extra-Curricular Activities
- Many of our students choose to participate in the Peter Jones Young Tycoon scheme in which students run their own business. We have an excellent track record of success in entrepreneurial competitions.
Regular Trips, Visitors and Competitions
- We enter the BASE competition and have been to the National Finals three times, most recently winning the Adaptability Award in 2019.
- We run trips to businesses such as JCB, ABB and Jaguar LandRover.