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11/07/24

Watch this advert featuring https://t.co/1vcMFWpI1m

10/07/24

What a fantastic music event this evening to celebrate their 10th Anniversary! Performance bringing the whole academy and community together 🥳! pic.twitter.com/6OU4L8quNh

10/07/24

Lots of fantastic student work in our art exhibition at tonight’s celebration. pic.twitter.com/TLw0epSpOU

10/07/24

Tonight we are celebrating 10 Years of Harris Academy Chobham with current and past students and staff along with our local community. pic.twitter.com/Zuuk55hlPV

10/07/24

Wonderful to attend ’s 10 year anniversary celebration at Ulysses Place with . So many incredible performances and art displays from the children and a great community that’s come out to celebrate the school.Thanks for the invitation! pic.twitter.com/cSZz6f2Ivp

07/06/24

This letter went out earlier today, not sure why you did not receive it, contact academy reception via email on Monday to check your details. Have a good weekend. pic.twitter.com/H5RaKXOUBZ

18/05/24

Great start to our annual Governor Conference, choir. pic.twitter.com/cy8D0hgYEX

18/05/24

String Ensemble welcome our Governors to the annual conference. “Strengthening Governance in Harris Academies”. pic.twitter.com/bf2y0JhDSs

10/05/24

At today's Year 13 leavers assembly our Executive Principal, Francesca Perry, said goodbye to Year 13. She shared some memories and pictures from when some of the students were in her Year 6 class at Chobham! pic.twitter.com/mKTNuQcjBU

10/05/24

This morning we held our traditional leavers breakfast and assembly for our Year 13 students before they start their examinations on Monday. Good Luck to all our students sitting public exams! pic.twitter.com/crkkEEnyzM

19/04/24

Great to have pop into the Community Organising training day and listen to some of the Ambassadors campaign ideas. Thank you for the questions! pic.twitter.com/SPaF9HBeHL

23/03/24

Ready for day 1!!! 🏔️🎿🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/y2lbWQRb8B

23/03/24

Ready for day 1!!! 🏔️🎿🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/y2lbWQRb8B

22/12/23

Thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraiser! Our Christmas Elves (the amazing year 10 prefects) packed 20 bags of gifts for the children staying there over Christmas and a little something for the staff too 🎁 🌲 pic.twitter.com/Vs94QEtVtZ

22/12/23

Thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraiser! Our Christmas Elves (the amazing year 10 prefects) packed 20 bags of gifts for the children staying there over Christmas and a little something for the staff too 🎁 🌲 pic.twitter.com/Vs94QEtVtZ

02/10/23

10 days to go 💛Let's make this one bigger and brighter than ever before. pic.twitter.com/wYbbql7FCv

02/10/23

Talking about how we're feeling can make the world of difference. This we are partnering with to help . pic.twitter.com/qO6YDreE3z

01/10/23

10 days to go 💛Let's make this one bigger and brighter than ever before. pic.twitter.com/wYbbql7FCv

26/09/23

Talking about how we're feeling can make the world of difference. This we are partnering with to help . pic.twitter.com/qO6YDreE3z

31/07/23

Stormzy and HSBC fund 36 black Cambridge students https://t.co/YqbUjbdsUk

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CTEC Business

CTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business

Who is this qualification for?

This qualification is for learners who want to study Business through applied learning to progress to Higher Education. Progression could be onto a Business degree, for example Business Management or a non-related degree programme. It also prepares learners to take up employment in business where they could continue to study, either directly after achieving the qualification or after Higher Education. 

What does this qualification cover?

Everyone will study the following mandatory units:

  • The business environment
  • Working in business
  • Business decisions
  • Customers and communication
  • Marketing and market research
  • Human Resources
  • Economics for business
  • Accounting concepts
  • Change management
  • Principles of project management
  • Responsible business practice
  • International Business
  • Delivering a business project

How is the qualification assessed?

These qualifications are assessed using a combination of:

  • External assessment, set and marked by OCR
  • Internal assessment, where the teacher assesses learners’ work which is externally moderated by OCR

How are these graded?

Every unit achieved will be graded as pass, merit or distinction. Qualifications are graded using a Pass, Merit, Distinction and Distinction* structure.

Does the qualification carry UCAS points?

Extended Diploma

Grade

UCAS Tariff points

D*D*D*

168

D*D*D

160

D*DD

152

DDD

144

DDM

128

DMM

112

MMM

96

MMP

80

MPP

64

PPP

48

Meaningful Employer Involvement

All students must undertake meaningful activity involving employers during their study. Meaningful employer involvement is when:

  • Learners undertake structured work-experience or work placements that develop skills and knowledge relevant to the qualification.
  • Learners undertake project(s), exercise(s), and/or assessment set with input from industry practitioners.
  • Learners take one or more units delivered or co-delivered by an industry practitioner. This could take the form or master classes or guest lectures.
  • Industry practitioners operate as ‘expert witnesses’ that contribute to the assessment of a learner’s work or practice, operating within a specified assessment framework.

Content

Key

M = Mandatory unit

Learners must achieve all of these units

O = Optional unit

Learners can use these optional unit to achieve the remaining GLH for their chosen pathway

E = External assessment

Assessments are set and marked by OCR

I = Internal assessment

Assessments are set and marked by teachers and moderated by OCR

 

 

 

 

 

Extended Diploma (1080 GLH)

Unit Number Unit Table How are they assessed? Guided Learning Hours  

1

The business environment

E

120

M

2

Working in business

E

60

M

3

Business decisions

E

60

M

4

Customers and communication

I

60

M

5

Marketing and market research

I

60

M

6

Marketing strategy

I

60

O

7

Marketing campaign

I

60

O

9

Human resources

E

90

M

10

Economics for business

E

90

M

11

Accounting concepts

I

60

M

12

Financial accounting

I

60

O

13

Management accounting

I

60

O

14

Resource management

I

60

O

15

Change management

E

60

M

16

Principles of project management

I

60

M

17

Responsible business practice

I

60

M

18

Business operations

I

60

O

19

International business

I

60

M

22

Delivering a business project

I

120

M