ECONOMICS A LEVEL AND AS LEVEL

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Economics

Economics is an academically rigorous and rewarding subject at Westminster Tutors, which deals with society’s scarce resources and how they should be allocated. The study of Economics is current and continually changing with the world in which we live. Students learn about how individuals and businesses make decisions, and how policies can be adopted to improve the national and global economy, as well as developing skills such as research, analysis, evaluation and problem-solving.

Course outline

Theme 1 - Introduction to markets and market failure

Nature of economics
How markets work
Market failure
Government intervention

Theme 2 - The UK economy - performance and policies

Measures of economics performance
Aggregate demand
Aggregate supply
National income
Economic growth
Macroeconomic objectives and policies

Theme 3 - Business behaviour and the labour market

Business growth
Business objectives
Revenues, costs and profit
Market structures
Labour market
Government intervention

Theme 4 - A global perspective

International economics
Poverty and inequality
Emerging and developing economies
The financial sector
Role of the state in the macroeconomy

Assesment

AS level

Paper 1: Introduction to markets and market failure

Assessment of topics from across theme 1
80 marks
1 hour 30 minutes written paper
50% of total AS level

Paper 2: The UK economy – performance and policies

Assessment of topics from across theme 2
80 marks
1 hour 30 minutes written paper
50% of total AS level

A level

Paper 1: Markets and business behaviour

Assessment of topics from across themes 1 and 3
100 marks
2 hours written paper
35% of total A level

Paper 2: The national and global economy

Assessment of topics from across themes 2 and 4
100 marks
2 hours written paper
35% of total A level

Paper 3: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

Assessment of topics from across all four themes
100 marks
2 hours written paper
30% of total A level

Specification

Teachers will choose the examination board for students joining in Year 12 based on their expertise and specialist knowledge. For Year 13 and retake students, teachers will continue students’ studies with AQA, Edexcel/Pearson, OCR or WJEC/Eduqas. Please note that we do not offer CIE but can more than map to one of the boards listed.

Tutors

David Shreir
BSc (UCL), MSc (Royal Holloway), PGCE (Institute of Education, London)

Jason Stokes
BEcon (Sydney), MCommerce (Sydney), MTeaching (Sydney), QTLS

Why Choose Westminster Tutors?

Top independent sixth form college
Average grades 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B
68% placed at Russell Group unis
Superbly qualified teachers who care
Average A level retake improvement is 1.5 grades

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About Us

Westminster Tutors is one of the oldest and best independent sixth form colleges in London. Established in 1934, our culture of scholastic excellence is deeply embedded and sets the standard for other colleges to follow.