• NCFE Technical Award in Business and Enterprise

This vocational qualification offers an introduction to business and enterprise, focusing on planning, finance, marketing, and running a small business. The NCFE Technical Award combines internally assessed coursework with externally assessed elements, catering to different learning styles. It equips pupils with real-world knowledge and skills highly valued in today’s economy. The NCFE Technical Award in Business and Enterprise gives pupils a chance to learn about business in a really practical way. Instead of just exams, it includes some coursework where pupils get to work on real-life tasks, which makes the learning more hands-on. This course helps build important skills like planning, problem-solving, and working with others — skills that are useful no matter what path they choose in the future. It’s a great way to discover how businesses work and prepares pupils for further study or jobs in business and beyond.

This is a vocational qualification with two components:

Unit 1: Introduction to Business and Enterprise

  • • Internal assessment (coursework/project-based)
  • • Weighting: 60% of final grade
  • • Assessed through tasks set and marked by the school, externally moderated

Unit 2: Understanding Resources for Business and Enterprise Planning

  • • External assessment (written exam)
  • • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • • Weighting: 40% of final grade
  • • Set and marked by NCFE
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