Economics

View our full course guidelines below for GCSE Economics:

Specification: AQA – GCSE Economics

Link to AQA website for GCSE Economics overview

Course Content

Year 9:

Economic foundations, Resource allocation, How prices are determined, Production, costs, revenue and profit.

Year 10:

Competitive and concentrated markets, Market failure, Introduction to the national economy, Government objectives.

Year 11:

How the government manages the economy, International trade and the global economy, The role of money and financial markets.

Assessment

The course is assessed in two written exams:

Paper 1 – How markets work – 50%

Paper 2 – How the economy works – 50%

List of Resources

The best revision guides:

• Your exercise book
• CGP – AQA – GSCE Economics revision guide (Available to order in Reprographics for £5.99​
• Textbook: OCR GCSE (9-1) Economics Bancroft, Riches, Kingston

Useful websites and resources:

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-microeconomics/

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/macroeconomics/

http://www.dineshbakshi.com/economics

http://mrtarneconomics.weebly.com/gcse-economics.html

https://getrevising.co.uk/resources/level/gcse/subjects/economics