Designed for learners aged 14 to 16, our Level 2 Technical Award in Business and Enterprise is one of our most versatile and future-focused qualifications.
It provides a practical and engaging introduction to the world of business, and it’s an excellent alternative to GCSEs for students who enjoy problem-solving, creativity and real-world application.
The Business and Enterprise course introduces learners to key principles that underpin successful organisations.
Key topics include:
- Entrepreneurship, Business Organisation and Stakeholders: Understanding what makes a successful entrepreneur, how businesses are structured, and how stakeholders can influence decisions.
- Market Research, Market Types and the Marketing Mix: Exploring how businesses identify customer needs, analyse markets and use the marketing mix (product, price, place and promotion) to compete effectively.
- Human Resource Requirements: Learning how businesses recruit, train and manage staff to make sure the right people are in the right roles.
- Operations Management: Understanding how goods and services are produced, and how quality is maintained.
- Business Growth: Examining strategies a business might choose when expanding.
- Sources of Enterprise Funding and Business Finance: Exploring start-up finance, revenue, costs and profit.
- The External Environment: Investigating how political, economic, social, technological and legal factors can affect business decisions.
- Business and Enterprise Planning: Bringing learning together to create a business plan, applying knowledge to realistic scenarios.
The qualification encourages learners to think commercially, creatively and strategically – all skills that they can take with them into many career pathways.
Why choose Business and Enterprise?
This qualification is particularly valuable because it:
- Develops confidence, initiative and independent thinking.
- Encourages creativity and analytical skills.
- Builds understanding of real-world business decision-making.
- Supports progression into further study in business, marketing or vocational pathways.
- Strengthens employability skills such as communication, teamwork and problem-solving.
Flexible online delivery for secondary schools
Delivered through our online learning platform, the qualification is designed to support both learners and teachers.
Schools benefit from:
- Structured, clearly sequenced course content.
- Flexible delivery to suit curriculum models.
- Easy access anytime, anywhere.
- Built-in knowledge checks and interactive learning tasks.
Our platform allows schools to deliver vocational learning confidently, while supporting varied learner needs and abilities.
Supporting resources included
We understand that high-quality resources make a real difference to successful delivery, which is why our online Business and Enterprise course includes a full suite of downloadable PDF resources to support and enhance delivery, such as:
- Comprehensive handouts to reinforce learning and support revision.
- Engaging activity worksheets to apply learning through practical tasks.
- Knowledge-check quizzes to test understanding and build confidence.
- Detailed mark schemes to support accurate assessment and feedback.
All materials are aligned with the qualification specification, which helps to ensure full coverage of learning outcomes while reducing planning workload.
Building future entrepreneurs
Whether learners aspire to launch their own business, work in marketing or management, or simply develop valuable life skills, the Level 2 Technical Award in Business and Enterprise provides a strong foundation.
This online course and its supporting resources are available now, as part of our Key Stage 4 package.
Contact us if you would like a free demo of this course, or to receive some sample materials!