Ali TutorsGCSE
GCSE Business Studies tutoring
Marketing, finance, operations and the exam technique that turns knowledge into marks. A student I tutored went from a grade 3 to a grade 8 in Business Studies.
- Online via Google Meet
- DBS checked
- Unused sessions refunded
Topics
What we'll cover
Sessions follow your exam board's specification and your target grade. These are the main areas.
Business in the real world
- Enterprise and entrepreneurs
- Business ownership and aims
- Stakeholders
- Technology, ethics and the economic climate
Operations and people
- Production and quality
- Suppliers and customer service
- Organisational structures
- Recruitment, motivation and training
Marketing and finance
- Market research and segmentation
- The marketing mix
- Sources of finance
- Cash flow, break-even and profit
The exams
How the exams work
GCSE Business Studies is examined in two written papers, mixing short answers, calculations and longer questions set around a business case study. The longer questions reward applying your knowledge to the business in front of you and reaching a justified conclusion.
Exam technique
Where marks are usually lost
- Describing a concept instead of applying it to the business in the question
- Extended answers that never reach a justified recommendation
- Finance calculations: break-even, margins and cash flow
- Imprecise definitions of key terms
Results
Taught by someone who sat the papers
I sat these papers recently, so the specifications and mark schemes I teach from are the current ones.
| across 10 GCSEs | 8s & 9s |
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My daughter was sitting at a grade 3 in Business Studies when we came to Ali. She finished with a grade 8 and she is absolutely over the moon, and honestly so are we. Ali took a subject she had written herself off in and gave her the confidence to actually enjoy it. We can't recommend him highly enough.
FAQ
GCSE Business Studies: common questions
Which exam boards do you teach?
AQA, Edexcel and OCR, among others. Sessions are tailored to the board your school sits.
Is there much maths in Business Studies?
A little. Finance questions use break-even, profit margins and cash flow, usually in a business case-study setting.
My child has written Business Studies off. Is it too late?
One parent wrote that their daughter was on a grade 3 and finished on a grade 8. Book a free intro call and we can talk through where your child is now.
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