1. 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 Understand the scenario
Research your local area
3.0
Research social enterprises
4.0
Identify a social need
5.0
Describe a new social enterprise
6.0
Analyse how the new social enterprise will meet the social need
7.0
Evaluate how successful the new social enterprise will be

2. GCSE Business Studies Controlled Assessment Task 2017
GCSE Business Studies submission GCSE Business Studies (short course) – 2017 submission
GCSE Business Studies Controlled Assessment Task 2017
For this PowerPoint you need to get hold of the students’ candidate numbers and the centre number for your school or college. The exams officer will have all of this information.
1.0: Understand the Scenario

3. Lesson Objectives
To be able to understand the scenario as described by the AQA exam board
To be able to use the term “Local Authority” with confidence
To be able to identify the meaning of the term “grants”
To be able to discuss the term “social enterprise” with confidence

4. While watching the presentation you can complete worksheet 1.0

5. Starter
Have you ever wanted to make money and help people at the same time?
Hopefully you should get a lively discussion about helping others, depending on the type of school you teach in this may be a high number wanting to help others or a low number and it is an opportunity to discuss what their motives are behind a business. Could be run as a poll on the students. 50% would help others AND earn money.

6. 1) Research and planning phase
Research information about your local area
Research existing social enterprises and which local needs they address
Identify a local social need that is not being met
Describe a new or existing social enterprise that could meet the need you have identified

7. 2) Writing up phase You get 3 hours to:
Write up your final report in controlled conditions
The three hours may be split over a number of sessions
There is extra time to print and assemble the report before you hand it in to your teacher
The answer of course is no the teacher cannot give any feedback during this phase
During this phase do you think your teach can give you feedback about your report?
YES / NO

8. What happens after you hand in the report?
There are no second chances or re-edits
Work is then marked by your teacher
Your reports are then standardised and moderated
This can take months so you may not get your grade for a while
Your teacher cannot tell you your grade until work has been moderated by someone from AQA

9. Let’s read the controlled assessment Scenario…
Your Local Authority is offering financial grants to social enterprises to encourage them to start businesses that address unmet needs in the local community which could be met by social enterprises.
Lets start by defining some terms…

10. What do you think a Local Authority is?

11. Local Authority - defined
Local government today has 375 councils in England and Wales
It is run by elected councillors, over 18,000 of them!
Some councils have Mayors – is your council a town council, a county council, a parish council etc. Do you have a Mayor?

12. Examples of local authority services
Children’s services
Housing
• Pre-school education • Schools • youth, adult and family and community education • children’s and families’ services – including welfare, fostering and adoption and child protection • youth centres • youth justice
• social housing • housing benefit and welfare services • homelessness

13. Put in the school postcode to find your local authority
It may be a town council, city council, county council or parish council depending on where you live. Local authority is another term for local council.

14. Video on local authority 1
Press the big red play button

15. Video on local authority 2

16. Circle the services you think local authorities are responsible for
Trick activity really, and hopefully they will spot that all of these things are the responsibility of the local councils. Not academy schools, they are no longer under council control, so not on this list, but just thought I would mention it.

17. What do you think a financial grant is?

18. Financial grants - defined
An amount of money given by the government to fund certain projects. This may include; charity work, social enterprises or scientific research among others.
A grant is not expected to be repaid, but may have a long application process

19. What do you think a social enterprise is?

20. Social enterprises – as defined by AQA
“a business that is engaged in activities that aim to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances, and meet the social needs of people within the community”

21. Definition continued
Social enterprises can be seen as businesses that trade and make a financial surplus and that will re-invest a proportion of that surplus back into the business in order to achieve their stated goals.

22. Quick video animation on social enterprise
This is a quick introduction there will be much more later in section 3.0 research social enterprises – for now just give them a quick idea and move on. Plenty of time later to come back to this idea.

23. What do you think a local community is?

24. Local community - defined
A group of people who are considered a unit because they live in the same area, such as a city, town, village or they share a set of common interests, social group or nationality
For example:
“ There is a real sense of community among farmers in this area”

25. Let’s read the Scenario again now we understand the terms…
Your Local Authority is offering financial grants to social enterprises to encourage them to start businesses that address unmet needs in the local community which could be met by social enterprises.
Can you rewrite this paragraph in your own words?

26. Identify areas of social need
You have been asked to identify areas of social need which could be met by a social enterprise that are not currently provided for by existing enterprises.
You will be carrying out some research later in the controlled assessment

27. Report…
You are required to write a report in which you demonstrate how one specific social enterprise could successfully meet a local need.
Your report will need to have sections, a front cover and a series of appendices

28. Next a practical activity…
You may need a computer BUT you could also complete the activity on the next slide by drawing…

29. Practical task
Create the front sheet for your report – change the details for your own
This information will also need to appear as a footer on every sheet you produce for your report
Russell Fussell is a fictional name
Also a copy of this front sheet is in the pack under 1.0 Understand the scenario if you wish to load it to a VLE as a scaffold for weaker students, they have 8 things to include, you could get them to pair and peer check they have included everything.

30. Plenary Quiz How many hours do you have in the writing up phase?
Can your teacher give you any feedback during the writing up phase? Yes / No
What happens after you hand in your report?
Is a local community the same thing as a local authority? Yes / No
Do you have to include your candidate name and number on every sheet in your report? Yes / no

31. Plenary Quiz Answers 3 hours No
My report will be marked and then moderated which could take a long time
Yes

32. Glossary
Local authority; A group of people who govern an area e.g. Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council
Grant; a financial award of money that is not expected to be repaid
Community; a unit of people who share locality, interests or social groups
Social enterprise; a business which trades with the intention of helping a need in the local community