Current syllabus · Issue 1, September 2017
A-Level · Edexcel · Business
A-Level Edexcel Business Study Guide & Review
Build business knowledge, quantitative skills and evidence-based evaluation across the Edexcel IAS and IA2 stages.
Choose a stage to open study resources
Open Question Bank, Mastery, Concept and Documents after selecting AS or A2.
Syllabus shape
How the Business syllabus is organised
See the top-level syllabus shape across AS and A2. Choose a course level above before opening its exact topics and learning resources.
- 5
- syllabus groups
- 21
- mapped topics
AS
2 groups- Unit 1: Marketing and People
- Unit 2: Managing Business Activities
A2
2 groups- Unit 3: Business Decisions and Strategy
- Unit 4: Global Business
Shared across levels
1 group- Assessed quantitative skills
SourcePearson Edexcel · Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level Business specificationWBS11–WBS14 · Issue 1, September 2017·Past papersGrade boundaries
Edexcel IAL Business assessment structure
IAS is Units 1–2. The full IAL is Units 1–4; each unit is externally assessed in January, June and October.
Choose AS and A2 above for the exact assessment format and study resources for that route.
SourcePearson Edexcel · Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level Business specificationWBS11–WBS14 · Issue 1, September 2017
Edexcel IAL Business questions
It covers marketing and people, finance and operations, business decisions and strategy, and global business across four externally examined units.
EduNinja uses AS for the IAS Units 1–2 stage and A2 for the IA2 Units 3–4 stage. Completing both stages completes the four-unit International A Level route.
The specification assesses business knowledge, application to sources, analysis, evaluation and quantitative skills through short, extended and source-based questions.
Start with the syllabus stage, practise a focused topic in Question Bank, review the mark-scheme reasoning, then use Concept and Mastery to strengthen weak areas.