Accounting aims to stimulate an interest in business organisations and to enable students to have a better understanding of the financial issues discussed in the media. This qualification provides an excellent foundation for students considering a career in finance; it also develops valuable skills which have direct relevance to many aspects of everyday life.
Entry with:
GCSE Grade B in Maths and in a subject requiring good writing skills, e.g. English or humanities
- • There is regular workshop support available to help you develop your understanding, and a peer mentoring scheme.
- • In our recent student survey the Accounting teachers achieved one of the most positive set of responses in the College
- • A level Accounting is well regarded by local and national Accountancy firms who regularly accept our students onto full-time accounting traineeships.
Awarding body:
OCR
AS Level Units
Unit 1: Accounting principles
Unit 2: Accounting applications
Advanced (A2) Level Units
Unit 3: Company accounts and interpretation
Unit 4: Management accounting
| | Year | Qual | A* | A | B | C | D | E | U | A-C | A-E |
| Accounting | 11/12 | A | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
83.3%
|
91.7%
|
| Accounting | 10/11 | A | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
82.4%
|
88.2%
|
| Accounting | 09/10 | A | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
75.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Accounting | 08/09 | A | | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
79.2%
|
100.0%
|
| Accounting | 07/08 | A | | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Accounting | 11/12 | AS | | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
81.3%
|
93.8%
|
| Accounting | 10/11 | AS | | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
88.0%
|
96.0%
|
| Accounting | 09/10 | AS | | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
60.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Accounting | 08/09 | AS | | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
76.9%
|
100.0%
|
| Accounting | 07/08 | AS | | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
92.3%
|
100.0%
|
- • A suite of classrooms and an open-access resource area containing 20 networked computers.
- • Stocks of textbooks, business journals and case study material are freely available within the department and from the College library, which has an extensive financial section.
- • Accounting students are also provided with their own textbooks and sets of support materials (e.g. detailed study guides and examination papers).
“The teaching style in Accounting is very practical as we work through examples together as a class aswell as individually. The class size is not too big which ensures you can get any help you may need from your teachers.”
Shelley Clarke.
“I enjoy Accounting and help is always available, if you need it. I particularly like this subject because I know it will be rewarding in later life. The study guides that the teachers have given us are very useful. I like group discussion work because if you don’t understand something and you’re too shy to ask in front of everyone, you can always ask your peers next to you.”
Natalie Prince