The Edinburgh Academy

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Higher
AS Level
A Level

Busuness Studies has been taught at The Academy since 1979,  and we are one of very few schools in Scotland that offer it at this level. 

Why study management at school?

Although regarded in some quarters as a new A-Level, Business Studies has in fact been established for over forty years, and is now a totally accepted and thriving part of secondary education. It might have been better named “Management Science”, since the approach is based on problem solving and decision making in a business context.

The course offers an early taste of a variety of possible careers (including accountancy, marketing, personnel management, operations management and law), as well as being a valuable precursor to any commitment to university courses in business-related fields.

There is a persistent notion that management is something which can be learned by doing it rather than academically;  (no doubt a contributory influence to Britain having the developed world's worst educated managers,)  or that it is a subject best deferred to university level.  From our experience it is certainly not the case that intellectual maturity is a precondition of studying the subject;  indeed the subject frequently stimulates the maturation process.  It is also highly desirable that those who may go on to specialise in other fields,  but later seek to apply their skills in a business context,  should have a formal education in the understanding of that context.

Entry Requirements

Pupils must have successfully passed Higher Business Management at grade B or above to progress onto the A Level course.