Business Studies allows students to engage and interact with the increasingly complex business world in which we live and enable them to become informed and confident consumers, employees and entrepreneurs. Business Studies plays a key part in developing students skills set in enterprise, finance, marketing, promotion and general business knowledge, which will in turn contribute to their economic well-being. By incorporating independent learning and developing communication skills by presenting their ideas to the class and their peers, the study of business allows students to build their resilience and confidence. Through the completion of coursework students develop their skills encompassing other areas of the curriculum including English, Maths and ICT which are transferable both within school and beyond their time at the Academy.