Project Description

Subject aims

A level Economics is a challenging and dynamic subject which fully engages its learners in trying to understand and solve the economic problems facing society today. In a typical lesson learners may be acting as the chancellor making public spending decisions or as an entrepreneur identifying ways to stimulate economic growth.

As an Economics student you will develop an enquiring, critical and thoughtful mind and learn how to problem solve and evaluate solutions. Economics is aimed at learners with an academic profile who want to impress university admissions officers and employers with a good grade in one of the most highly regarded subjects.

Curriculum overview

• The Economic Problem
• Demand and Supply
• Allocation of Resources
• Production and Efficiency
• Market Failure
• Measuring Macroeconomic Performance
• The Circular Flow of income
• Macroeconomic Policies
• The Firms Objectives, Costs and Revenues
• Competitive Markets
• Concentrated Markets
• The Labour Market
• Managing the National Economy
• The International Economy

Subject staff

Mrs Williams and Mrs Jepson

Useful links

AS AND A-LEVEL ECONOMICS
Tutor 2 u – Economics

Extra-curricular

Trip to the Houses of Parliament