Our GCSE in Economics introduces students to basic economic concepts and helps them develop the appropriate range of analytical, critical and reasoning skills to enable them to think as economists. They learn how consumers, producers and governments interact in markets nationally and internationally.

Economics enables students to consider why choices need to be made, how choices are made, and the implications of those choices for quality of life. Economic questions enter into all aspects of life: how wages are determined, whether taxes should be raised, how to best provide equality of opportunity in society, how to protect the environment, how to get rich, or how to use our scarce resources to satisfy needs. Economics students need to be able to understand how economic theory can be used to analyse and evaluate economic information to make reasoned judgments. Students are taught a range of topics through which they progress over the duration of the course. The courses are also reactive by delivery dependent upon current affairs. For example, the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on macroeconomic areas, means that there would be links to these current affairs and associated theory whilst delivering microeconomics in Year 12.

Our approach to Economics is to apply economic theory to support analysis of current economic problems and issues, and encourage students to appreciate the interrelationships between microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Students develop the knowledge and skills needed to understand and analyse data, think critically about issues and make informed decisions. They will also build upon their quantitative skills and appreciate that, when evaluating arguments, both qualitative and quantitative evidence are important

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