Economics (Sixth Form only)

Economics is taught in the Sixth Form. It is a very popular option at this level, with five teaching groups in the Junior Sixth and four in the Senior Sixth. The great majority of candidates achieve top grades at A Level, and our Oxbridge entrants have excelled as undergraduates. The department maintains close links with the City and many of our students pursue careers in the City on leaving University.

Eminent speakers frequently visit the school to give talks on business and economics. Recent examples include Sir John Bond, Chairman of HSBC, Lord Lamont, who debated UK membership of the Euro with Will Hutton, and Jim O'Neill, the Goldman Sachs economist.

The AS Course follows the OCR syllabus with two modules. Markets in Action deals with the workings of the free market economy and why government intervention may be necessary. The National and International Economy looks at the conduct of macro-economic policy. 

The A2 course continues the macro-economic theme at a greater level of sophistication in the module called The Global Economy, which includes a synoptic element. A further module, Economics of Work and Leisure, analyses the labour market and the competitive behaviour of firms.