Challenges that famous entrepreneurs have had to overcome on their way to success - 3 short case studies include Steve Jobs, J.K. Rowling and Simon Cowell. There are also discussion questions for students - a great starter activity if teaching enterprise and entrepreneurs for the first time.

Customer Service is the part of a business’s activities that is concerned with meeting customer’s needs as fully as possible. The activities and tasks in this lesson resource will help students to apply their knowledge and understanding about the key features and benefits of good customer service, using well known business examples such as Morrisons. Students will also develop their key analysis and judgement skills (vital for success in exams) by analysing and evaluating ways in which different businesses can improve their customer service. This lesson resource comes complete with scenario activities, as well as a PowerPoint Presentation and a Lesson Plan Proforma, making it a great resource for an observation.

GCSE Business - Employee Appraisal This engaging resource will encourage students to reflect upon their own performance as well as considering the merits of appraisal for employers and employees. The key lesson objectives aims are: Explain what appraisal is Apply understanding by students’ assessing their performance and completing an appraisal form Make judgements about the appropriateness of appraisals Students can work in pairs when completing the appraisal tasks, and the tasks also encourage Bloom’s higher level thinking skill. A PowerPoint presentation, activity and worksheet is included as necessary, making it the perfect lesson resource.

This resources provides a great activity for revising the Marketing Mix as included in GCSE Business specifications such as AQA and Edexcel. The Key Lesson Objectives / Aims are: 1. Recap what the Marketing Mix is and understand how Thorpe Park uses this 2. Assess (judge) which is the most important of the 4Ps for Thorpe Park 3. Suggest why a business needs an integrated marketing mix to be successful Students can work in pairs/ groups/ independently when completing the different tasks, and the tasks also encourage Bloom’s taxonomy higher level thinking skills.

An excellent resource for your students studying or revising pricing decisions (strategies) as part of the marketing mix for the GCSE Business specifications - some activities included may also be used for the AS/A Level Business (Year1) specifications. The worksheets and activities in these two lessons will really help students to apply their knowledge and understanding effectively, using well known business examples that students can relate to, such as Apple and Thorpe Park. This lesson will also develop students’ key analysis and judgement skills (vital for success in exams) by evaluating which pricing decisions are most effective for particular types of businesses and the most important factors which influence their pricing decisions. This double lesson resource comes complete with worksheets and exam practice questions, as well as a PowerPoint Presentation for both lessons and suggested homework activities

This is an older resource that I have used previously with my GCSE Business groups to help improve their exam technique skills - this lesson resource aims to help students understand the importance of using data and evidence to support their analysis and judgements, through completing the groups tasks related to Dr Pepper’s product and promotional mix (as part of the marketing mix). Such skills are essential for final exams, as well as preparing students for controlled assessment and obtaining the ‘higher level’ A03 analysis and evaluation marks. The learning aims of the lesson are as follows: A - Recap key elements of the marketing mix (product and promotion) B - Use data to make and support judgements This resource has certainly helped my class and is thoroughly recommended for all centres. It comes complete with differentiated group tasks, as well as a PowerPoint Presentation, Market Research Case Study sheet and Lesson Plan, making it also suitable for a Lesson Observation.

Profit is one of the most important concepts for students to understand when teaching the finance topics for GCSE Business. This lesson aims to help improve your students’ understanding of price, sales, revenue, costs and profit, as well as help them to calculate the profit/loss of a business. This lesson will also develop students’ key analysis and judgement skills by recommending ways how a business can improve its profit This resource is thoroughly recommended for all centres, particularly for final revision before exams. It will encourage students to become more confident answering ‘profit’ type calculations and questions, and it comes complete with differentiated tasks for lower and more able students, as well as a PowerPoint Presentation and Lesson Plan, making it a great resource for a Lesson Observation.

A excellent resource for your students studying or revising Business Stakeholders, as part of the GCSE Business specifications (Grade 9-1). The worksheets and activities will really help students to apply their knowledge and understanding effectively, in the context of Morrisons building a new supermarket, and how this may impact different stakeholders such as employees, customers and shareholders. This lesson will also develop students’ key analysis and judgement skills (vital for success in exams) by evaluating whether different stakeholder groups will be for or against business growth and by encouraging students to justify and support their decisions. This resource has certainly helped my class and is thoroughly recommended for all centres. It comes complete with differentiated tasks for lower and more able students, as well as a PowerPoint Presentation and Lesson Plan, making it a great resource for a Lesson Observation.

A great resource for your students studying Business Location, as part of the GCSE Business Studies specification (e.g. AQA Unit 1 Setting up a Business, Topic 1). The Cool Sports Case Study will really help students to apply their knowledge and understanding effectively as well help prepare them for the real exam by developing their analysis and judgement skills of what is the most effective location for a business. This resource has certainly helped my class and is thoroughly recommended for all centres. It comes complete with Location Case Study, PowerPoint Presentation and Lesson Plan, making it a great resource for a Lesson Observation.

A great resource for your students studying Methods of Selection, as part of the People in Business and HR topics for the GCSE Business (Grade 9 - 1 specifications. The worksheets and activities will really help students to apply their knowledge and understanding effectively, in the context of applying for a job at Red Bull and the suitability of different methods used to select the best candidate. This resource has certainly helped my class and is thoroughly recommended for all centres. It comes complete with Worksheet, Red Bull Case Study, Selection Method Activities (including Assessment Centre, Interviews and Psychometric Tests) which students can complete in pairs or groups. A PowerPoint Presentation and Lesson Plan is also included, making it a great resource for a Lesson Observation.