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27/03/25

Today our Year 12 students shared their exam preparation advice with Year 11 in assembly this morning. 🎓✨ pic.twitter.com/g6uS7QYpcm

22/03/25

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22/03/25

🚨Sixth Form Applications Still Open🚨 A few reasons why we’re so popular. • 19% of grades A*/A • 53% of grades A*/B • 99% of grades A*-E • 76% got their first or second choice university place! • Average A-Level grade = B- Average vocational grade = Distinction pic.twitter.com/slePPjc9DM

22/03/25

Massive thanks to all students, staff and parents who donated to this year’s HAGR red nose day. Fundraising total of £255. Students enjoyed decorating staff, creating our 'Red Nose’ rogues gallery. ♥️❣️ pic.twitter.com/Fc29Q1qIpO

19/03/25

Our Sixth Form students showcasing their entrepreneurial skills at the Young Enterprise trade fair, selling stylish bracelets. This experience enhanced their marketing and financial management skills while boosting their confidence and providing insights into the business world. pic.twitter.com/98IbH9Lo2H

13/03/25

A true RTM artist! Were super proud of Miguel from —a regular at RTM events who always steals the show. Very proud that he’s been offered a place to study music at uni next year! 👏 pic.twitter.com/uX13fNtjkR

06/03/25

Yesterday both our Junior and Main teams won the prepared and unprepared debate motions, competing against four schools in total. We are immensely proud of how they represented us, with the judges commenting on their "preparedness, teamwork, and respect of their opposition"📚✨ pic.twitter.com/nbiWV9T0c0

06/03/25

Harris Greenwich students and staff celebrating World Book Day! 📚 pic.twitter.com/T6vH35EEIE

13/02/25

Onjali Q Rauf Class had the best time doing PE this morning. Thank you so much for having us. pic.twitter.com/UXRj38AmLL

02/02/25

Congratulation who made his first team debut last Thursday! Everyone here at Harris Greenwich wish you all the best! pic.twitter.com/wzMKDqsn2G

13/01/25

One of our proudest moments — watching these talented young people shine at for 's Together at Christmas carol service! A huge well done to the incredible students of 👏⁠ ⁠ 📸 Barney Curran⁠ pic.twitter.com/Rzozr2gUw2

21/12/24

What a special Christmas performance from our year 8 students in our achievement assembly! 🎉 🥁 🎹 pic.twitter.com/iuU6dBQWd0

21/12/24

Assembly - Year 8s promoting some of the different clubs we have to offer. 🎣 Well done, such confidence to speak in front of the entire year group! pic.twitter.com/W4PwXnhMoE

18/12/24

Our partners at have donated 200 boxes of gifts to bring Christmas cheer to our disadvantaged families! Wwoow. Thank you pic.twitter.com/QDGBpQ5OUQ

18/12/24

Today we hosted our year 7’s first Christmas Dinner, served by staff members!🍾😀 pic.twitter.com/yUB3YlydSr

13/12/24

Year 7s rehearsing for this year’s Christmas “SING UP” 🎶 🎙️ 🎄 pic.twitter.com/IdawPJq4Yx

13/12/24

Yesterday was our Christmas Jumper Day. We raised £240 for our school food bank and loads of food items were donated. Doing our bit for the community!🎄 pic.twitter.com/lVkCWFGkoe

03/10/24

It was great to have Jamie McCreddie& join the BARE team last week . We had a special afternoon with students from & taking part in a massed instrumental workshop & performance. pic.twitter.com/nvVfs7vrX0

27/09/24

Rainy day, library is the place to be. Catching our students reading ☔️ 📖 ☺️ pic.twitter.com/0ZUakMLr8y

24/08/24

Hard work pays off, congratulations to our year 11 students, GCSE Results Day.😀😀#Class2024 pic.twitter.com/2hj7DxlxF5

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Economics

Curriculum Narrative

 

Economics seeks to analyse and describe the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. By the end of the A level Economics course, students will have a greater understanding of government policy and strategy and why they make the decisions they do. Furthermore, students will have an array of knowledge built up on global trade, poverty, competition, employment, fiscal/monetary policy. Additionally, students will learn and take a closer look at how our banking system helps the economy and of course supply and demand and how it affects consumers producers and governments. During their course of study, students will be encouraged to develop a critical approach to economic models and methods of enquiry. They will have a good knowledge of developments in the UK economy and government policies over the past fifteen years.

 

Our intent is that, having learned a rigorous and broad two-year curriculum, our students will be ready to study economics and related courses at university. It takes account of the fact that few of our young people will begin the course with the depth of powerful knowledge which the exam specifications assumes.

 

Students will be expected to acquire competence in quantitative skills that are relevant to the subject content and be familiar with the various types of statistical and other data which are commonly used by economists. They should be able to make relevant calculations from economic data and be able to interpret data. Students should understand the role of evidence in economic decision making but should appreciate the importance of value judgements.

 

It is expected that students will acquire a good knowledge of trends and developments in the economy which have taken place over the past fifteen years and also have an awareness of earlier events where this helps to give recent developments a longer-term perspective.

 

Key Principles of Economics A Level

  • Studying Economics will enable students to apply economic theory to support analysis of current economic problems and issues, and encourage students to appreciate the interrelationships between microeconomics and macroeconomics
  • Economics A level draws together knowledge and skills from a number of subject domains and enables students to consider contemporary issues using an interdisciplinary approach
  • Economics A level will prepare students for the next stage in their education as it cultivates the kinds of knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in the workplace or university such as how to analyse data, think critically about issues and make informed decisions

 

What we intend students to learn in broad detail

Economics

Year 1

Year 2

AQA A Level Economics

  • The operation of markets and market failure

-This area of the curriculum is primarily about microeconomics. Students will be required to acquire knowledge and understanding of a selection of microeconomic models and to apply these to current problems and issues. Models such as demand and supply, the operation of the price mechanism and causes of market failure are central to this part of the curriculum

 

 

 

 

 

  • The national economy in a global context

-This area of the curriculum is primarily about macroeconomics. Students will be required to acquire knowledge and understanding of AD/AS analysis and should be provided with opportunities to use this analysis to explore recent and current economic behaviour. They should understand, and be able to analyse and evaluate, macroeconomic policy

  • Individuals, firms, markets and market failure

-Students will be required to build upon knowledge and understanding of a selection of microeconomic models and to apply these to current problems and issues. New models such as perfect competition, monopoly and wider causes of market failure are central to this part of the specification. Students will need to demonstrate a realistic understanding of the decisions made by firms and how their behaviour can be affected by the structure and characteristics of the industry in which they operate. Other key models relate to the operation of labour markets, wage determination and causes of inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth.

 

  • The national and international economy

-Students should have a deepening knowledge of developments in the UK economy and government policies over the past fifteen years. They should also be aware of developments in the world economy, including the European Union, and how these have affected the UK. Students should recognise that there are a number of models demonstrating how the macroeconomy works and should appreciate that different economic models provide insights into different aspects of the behaviour of the macroeconomy.