BIOLOGY BUSINESS A Level Units Results A Level Units % of A Level We are very proud that our Biology results in 2023 Paper 1 Marketing, people and global business 35% were in the top 25% in the country for adding value, Module 1: Development of practical skills in Biology in terms of student progress at A Level compared Paper 2 Business activities, decisions and strategy 35% Module 2: Foundation in Biology to their GCSE grades. These excellent grades are Module 3: Exchange and transport possible because our Biology teachers have Paper 3 Investigating business in a competition environment 30% Module 4: Biodiversity, evolution and disease excellent subject knowledge and have an intimate Module 5: Communication, homeostasis and energy understanding of the OCR course. We are keen that business students are able to apply the concepts Module 6: Genetics, evolution and ecosystems Super-Curriculum studied during the course to real-life. Students have the opportunity %A* %A*-A %A*-B %A*-C %A*-D %A*-E to think critically, analyse data, investigate current issues, and to 12 35 50 72 91 99 The business team hope that improve numerical skills. Students may even use these skills to start students develop a life-long passion their own business. for the subject and therefore provide a range of extra-curricular activities Course Outline Course Outline Subject Specific to support this wider interest through Study Biology at A Level and you will learn how the eye sends an Do you see yourself as the next Sir Alan Sugar or maybe a Dragon? Are opportunities such as visits to Entry Requirements electrical impulse to the brain, which areas of the brain process you interested in running your own business? What about going Brussels, New York and Amsterdam, 6 or equivalent in Biology or 6-6 the information, therefore allowing you to understand this global and following in the footsteps of Sir Richard Branson and The Institute of Chartered Combined Sciences at GCSE and 6 otherwise meaningless collection of random shapes that we call Virgin? Accountants in England and Wales, or equivalent in Mathematics. letters and words. BASE Game, Tenner Challenge, The last two decades have seen a revolution in attitudes to Investor Challenge as well as a visit AS or Core Maths recommended The OCR Biology specification covers a wide range of exciting and entrepreneurial activity and the development of globalisation. As a to Jaguar-Landrover. alongside DRHS 3. interesting topics. If you have ever wondered how your heart result, Business has become one of the fastest growing A Levels, keeps beating when you sleep, how plants grow towards the light offering students an opportunity to find out how real businesses Contact or fundamental principles of how cells work, then this is the course organise themselves to achieve a wide range of objectives in a highly for you. If you don’t know what the liver does or are intrigued by competitive global economy. Super-Curriculum Mr D Edwards, Subject Leader for how red blood cells work, then this is the course for you. Learn how Business & Economics Students are given the opportunity plants can literally create food from thin air and how forensic Students will learn about risk, what makes a successful entrepreneur, [email protected] to take part in the many different scientists can catch a criminal with even the smallest sample of financing a business, marketing, human resource management, activities, including: DNA. organising business operations, strategic decision making, Intermediate Biology Olympiad investment appraisal and the global environment, and much, much during Year 12 The course is demanding but rewarding and students considering more. Biology Olympiad during Year 13 Biology A Level must be prepared to work independently to Sixth form students have run the regularly consolidate their learning or review their understanding. A Level Business uses real business case studies as its foundation. school’s Dissection Club, Stem Additionally, students will be expected to complete some club and Vet club, which gives preparatory tasks in advance of studying a topic in lessons. To Business is taught by experienced teachers with a track record of younger students the opportunity help students with the transition from GCSE to A Level, we have success. Delivery is via taught lessons using current business to complete dissections and created a check list for each topic, so that students can manage examples, up-to-date texts, as well as group and individual research other investigative practical the tasks they need to completely independently outside of to consolidate application of knowledge. Students will also be work. lessons. For more details, please see the document linked to this stretched using thinking hard strategies, as well as a focus on page - A Level Biology expectations. metacognition which will aid students in becoming more aware of their own learning needs. Fieldwork A field trip has now become an integral part of the Contact course. Students will get the opportunity to study ecology in Careers action, bringing to life aspects of the course that would otherwise Dr Julia Scott, Subject Leader for Studying Business can lead students into many interesting careers be difficult to visualise. Biology [email protected] such as finance, banking, running your own business, HR, operations management and marketing. Careers Studying Biology can lead students into a variety of possible Subject Specific careers, including: Entry Requirements Medicine, Forensics, Dentistry Veterinary medicine, Pharmaceutical, Agricultural sciences 6 or equivalent in Mathematics or Business Studies at GCSE. Food sciences, Dietetics Biotechnology, Genetics Core Maths recommended alongside DRHS 3. Environmental sciences, Conservation, Botany A Level Business students need to have good communication skills and be confident using numbers. 04 05