The department is committed to providing quality academic and vocational courses that are appropriate to the students' future choices and relevant to everyday life. Emphasis is placed upon the students adopting responsibility for their work and active involvement through enterprise activities, investigations and visits.

There is a wide range of subjects within the department. At Key Stage 4 students can opt for GCSE Business Studies. This provides students with a broad foundation in how to run a business. The subject focuses on the real world of business and many of the learning activities will require the students to research information themselves. This is a popular choice in Year 10 and stimulates many to progress and take the department's subjects in the Sixth Form.

For students who wish to enhance their skills prior to further education or employment, we offer a BTEC First Certificate in Business course that operates in conjunction with similar courses in ICT and Science. These qualifications are achieved through continuous assessment and help the students develop a wide range of skills.

Advanced qualifications to A2 level are available in Business, Economics, Politics, Psychology, Health & Social Care and Sociology, and to AS level in Law. These subjects open up a range of possibilities from higher education on academic or vocational degrees to training and employment. The courses complement scientific, humanities, languages and arts based studies as well as being fascinating in their own right. Learning is enhanced by visits to Law Courts, Parliament, conferences and local service providers and businesses.

Outside the classroom students from any subject can get involved in our very popular and well established and highly successful Young Enterprise programme. The students get the opportunity to run their own business for a year in competition against teams from other schools and gain a great deal of commercial experience - some even make a profit!