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19/11/2009
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The holistic approach taken by the school is a major factor in enabling the students to make excellent progress in their learning.  There is a very strong sense amongst the staff of their commitment to helping all students to achieve.  The high quality care, guidance and support has a major beneficial effect on students’ motivation, making them ready to learn and enabling teachers to focus on teaching.

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Business Communications

Business ♦ ICT ♦ WorkSkills ♦ Media ♦ Enterprise

Financial Literacy ♦ Personal Learning and Thinking Skills

 

 

 We are a welcoming faculty where our students are at the core of all that we do. We are available for our students every lunchtime, every evening after school and via email. 

Faculty Staff:

  • Mr M Hassack - Head of Faculty
  • Mrs J Davison - Subject Leader: OCR Nationals
  • Mr W Foster - WorkSkills Coordinator/Internal Verifier
  • Mr R Harper - Subject Leader: Media
  • Mr R Harrison - Director of Specialism
  • Mr A Hooks
  • Mr G Kerr-Morgan
  • Mr M Shaw
  • Miss K Talbot - KS3 Assessment Coordinator
  • Mr J Walpole - ICT Champion (ICTAC)
  • Mrs K While – Faculty Support / Specialism Support Manager
Our Courses
 
At EstonPark, courses in the Business Communications Faculty involve practical activities, problem solving and group work. Pupils are required to make contact with local and national firms and are expected to use their own initiative and develop a professional business-like manner in order to complete research tasks.
 
The courses we offer are carefully selected and designed to be popular with employers and provide an ideal basis for progression to further study.
 
  • At Key Stage 3, all pupils study ICT for 1 hour per week from years 7 to 11. Pupils will also study elements of personal finance and enterprise within these lessons.
  • At Key Stage 4, all pupils study GCSE ICT, GCSE Business and BTEC WorkSkills. Pupils can opt to study BTEC Media.
In the Sixth Form our courses are very popular. For students with grade Cs in GCSE Business and/or ICT as appropriate, we offer:

 -GCE A level ICT

 -GCE A level A level Business

 -GCE A level Media

 -OCR Nationals Level 3 Business & iMedia

 
In addition, we offer our highly successful OCR Nationals Level 2 course in Business & ICT (worth 6 GCSEs).
 
If you have any questions about the Faculty of Business Communications, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the team, or email mark.hassack@estonpark.co.uk