Curriculum Intent

Learners will examine different enterprises to develop their knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of enterprises and the skills needed by entrepreneurs. Applying this knowledge to plan and pitch their own enterprise activity, using financial documents and the promotional mix.

The BTEC Level 2 Tech Award in Enterprise aims to develop students’ specialist and unique skills needed to start a career in various roles, such as sales assistants, supervisors, managers, administrative roles, customer service roles and apprenticeships, as well as many others.  The award also prepares students for further and higher education in the business sector.

Achieving this qualification will aid students when applying for a job in business, or when starting their own business. The types of role students will be ready for include:

• Marketing management.
• Business development management.
• Junior business accountancy.

This qualification provides students with hands-on experience of real-world scenarios, while developing study skills and confidence. Learners will be able to apply their transferable skills, such as researching, planning, making decisions and judgements, and financial literacy using realistic vocational contexts, and personal skills, such as creativity and innovation, time management, reviewing, communication and planning through a practical and skills-based approach to learning and assessment.

Year 10

Component 1: Exploring enterprises (30% of final grade)

Students will gain an understanding of how enterprise and business works. Students will examine enterprise activities in existing businesses of various sizes and consider the processes needed to set up a new business in the current environment. Businesses need employees who are enterprising to help contribute to business growth and success. This component will provide students with the foundation knowledge and understanding for developing enterprise and entrepreneurial skills and finding employment in the small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector.

Year 10/11

Component 2: Planning for and pitching for an enterprise activity (30% of final grade)

Learners will generate two realistic ideas for a micro-enterprise and choose one of these to plan within budget. They will individually present their business plan for their idea and review the production and delivery of their presentation to make recommendations for improvements. They will find out how people use enterprise skills to develop new businesses or new ideas within a business, and will gain an understanding of the types of skills used. Students will use a range of techniques to unlock and develop their own creativity to develop enterprise ideas. Both component 1 and 2 are internally marked and externally moderated by Pearson totalling 60% of the overall qualification.

Year 11

Component 3: Promoting and financing an enterprise idea (40% of final grade)

Learners will explore how marketing is used by enterprises and the factors that influence how enterprises identify and target their market. Learners will complete financial documents and statements and explore how to use them to monitor and improve the performance of an enterprise in order to make decisions and recommend strategies for success. This external component builds on knowledge, understanding and practices acquired and developed in Components 1 and 2, and includes synoptic assessment. Learners will be provided with a case study of a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME), and a number of questions to answer. This assessment will take place in May/June in the summer series.