Business and economics
Case-study analysis: Harbour Street Cycles
Extract case facts, calculate percentage change, compare options and make a recommendation that acknowledges missing information.

Head of Business and Economics
Business concepts become more useful when pupils can apply them to a decision or explain how one factor affects another.
Explore the collectionI teach Business across the secondary phase and lead the department. Shared unit plans give teachers a common structure, but pupils may bring different prior experiences of the subject and of its vocabulary. I want planning to make the core idea clear while leaving room for a teacher to check what the class already understands.
Business concepts become more useful when pupils can apply them to a decision or explain how one factor affects another. I look for tasks that help pupils work with a situation, identify relevant information and give a reason for their view. A question should invite analysis rather than ask pupils to repeat a definition without context.
I value resources that departments can adapt while keeping the learning purpose visible. A shared plan can support consistency, but teachers still need to respond to the pupils in front of them. I want the common structure to make collaboration easier and help us compare approaches without assuming every class begins at the same point.
Use shared plans while checking pupils’ starting knowledge.
Connect Business concepts with decisions and evidence.
Keep the learning purpose visible as teachers adapt a unit.
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