Our economics curriculum develops students into confident, well-educated and passionate economists, equipped to critically understand how economics shapes the world we live in.
We are ambitious for, and have high expectations of, all our pupils and know that every student that chooses to study economics can experience success through careful sequencing of the curriculum and high-quality, research-informed teaching and learning. Students learn about the importance of economics in society and how it underpins decision making from the individual to the state. With this in mind, students begin by learning how economic agents make decisions based on the assumption of rationality. We ensure that students develop their logical reasoning skills and learn how to use economic models to demonstrate understanding of real world issues. Pupils apply these models in order to reach reasoned conclusions in their regular written practice.
In economics, students learn how to infer from qualitative and quantitative data to make logical reasoned judgements and conclusions. They demonstrate this logical progression through developed chains of reasoning in their written responses to economic problems. Economics also provides students who enjoying studying STEM subjects with a gateway to the humanities and social sciences. It calls upon the fundamentals of science and statistics but requires students to develop their written communication through essays and written work.
We are committed to modelling to our students what it means to be an economist in a globalised world. Students use an enquiring, critical and thoughtful approach to their studies, which will support them to think like an economist. They develop competence in written assessment and professionalism in their understanding of how economics shapes the world we live in. Students develop analytical skills that enable them to question government policies and the decisions of firms and consumers. To this end, students are faced with a variety of different viewpoints regarding the way an economy should be organised and understand that economic behaviour can be studied from a range of different perspectives. This supports them to cultivate an appreciation of different world viewpoints.
The Key Stage 5 economics curriculum is split into four themes. Two focus on microeconomics and two on macroeconomics. Students have two teachers, each with a specialism in macroeconomics or microeconomics.