A Level Accounting
This course helps to develop numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills to support future career goals. The course is varied including both financial and management accounting content to give you insightful knowledge and skills relevant to the world of financial management.
WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE?
Learners will enhance their financial skills and understanding of how to prepare accounts for different types of organisations from sole traders to partnerships and limited companies. You will be able to evaluate the performance of a business to make informed investment decisions. Additionally, you will develop your analytical and evaluative skills through extended written responses/essay answers to show further depth of subject knowledge. A Level Accounting particularly complements subjects such as Business Studies and Economics and is also a popular choice for the more mathematically minded.
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Start date: 08/09/2025
TOP COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
regular assessment
budgeting and analysis
progression routes
dedicated student community
Engaging environment
Exciting opportunity to develop your financial skills within a highly supportive and engaging classroom environment.
Experienced staff
Experienced delivery team-lecturers with experience delivering on both further education and professional (AAT) courses in addition to examiners for the specification.
Range of resources
Range of resources-wide range of materials available to support learners including textbooks, electronic resources, and revision packs.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
A Level Accounting covers a wide variety of areas including the following:
- Role of the accountant
- Types of business organisation
- Double entry
- Verification of accounting records
- Accounting concepts
- Preparation of financial statements of sole traders
- Limited company accounts
- Analysis and evaluation of financial information
- Budgeting
- Marginal costing
- Standard costing and variance analysis
- Absorption/activity-based costing
- Capital investment appraisal
- Incomplete records
- Partnership accounts
- Ethical considerations
WHERE WILL IT TAKE ME?
Careers: Learners could gain an AAT apprenticeship after their A Level studies and potentially progress from this to become a fully qualified accountant.
Progression: Learners can progress directly from their A Level programme to a variety of Accounting and Finance based degree programmes.
Assessment Arrangements
Students will be assessed regularly regarding their abilities to produce book-keeping records, financial statements, and written responses to given situations. This will be through homework and in-class formal assessments.
Final examinations are in the following format: Papers 1 and 2 – 50% each of the A-Level, 3-hour papers, 120 marks each. Section A has 10 multiple choice and short answer questions, Section B has two structured questions and Section C two extended answer / essay questions. Paper 1 focuses on financial accounting whilst Paper 2 concentrates primarily on management accounting content with further links to financial elements.
Entry Requirements
Five GCSEs including Mathematics at Grade 6 with English at Grade 4 or a Humanities subject at Grade 4.
Information & Support
The complete syllabus will be covered in class and are available via SharePoint along with exercises, glossary terms and other literature used to support learners. Students are also given regular revision resources, so they understand what is required of them and to help prepare for formal assessments. Furthermore, textbooks are available to borrow from learning resources which provide additional questions to support the revision of content.
Awarding Body: AQA
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