Academic/Subject Departments
Business Studies
The Coca-Cola Enterprise Challenge team representing Sheffield - Katie Rendall, Charlotte Atkin, Beth Thomasson, Francesca Marshal, Nicky Herring, Izzi Cocker, Ellie Broadberry and Sophie Waring
‘Business is a good game – lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.’ – Atari founder, Nolan Bushnell
Welcome to the Department of Business Studies & Economics at Sheffield High School. We strive to give each pupil the chance to expand her knowledge on a variety of relevant, interesting and challenging topics. Recent research suggests that 90% of all university graduates work in Business.
In GCSE Business Studies, pupils are given an opportunity to study the theories and concepts that underpin Businesses and the Economy. Interactive teaching is encouraged and group role play and simulation exercises are used to develop communication skills, team building skills and confidence. We aim to encourage the spirit of enterprise from an early age and participate in many independent learning activities such as the Coca-Cola Marketing and Make Your Mark Challenges. Our students have enjoyed much success in these competitions and were 2007-2008 Yorkshire Coca Cola Challenge Champions.
Make Your Mark ‘Tenner Challenge’ winning entrepreneurs Katie Rendall and Ellen Andrews
Equally anyone with an interest in how businesses actually work or who wishes to study Business, Management, Finance, Accounts, Marketing, or Economics, individually or in combination at degree level, will find the Business Studies A-level course extremely useful.
At A-level, class and homework activities involve reading and note taking, answering questions, researching business topics, watching videos, analysing case studies, classroom simulations, class discussions and the use of ICT.
Every year, the Economics and Business Studies Department runs the Young Enterprise Scheme, in which students have the opportunity to set up and organise their own firms. This venture is open to all the students in Year 12 and provides experience in running a business as well as teaching valuable team-building and communication skills. Students are encouraged to sit the OCR Young Enterprise examination and thereby gain a formal qualification in enterprise. In recent years our students have enjoyed much success at the regional finals being judged to be the best company in South Yorkshire in 2005 and 2006.