The department seeks to inspire each student with knowledge and enthusiasm for economics and to enable them to think creatively, analyse and evaluate with confidence. This is based on the Edexcel syllabus and built upon the framework the department provides each student during their time at Waldegrave. Students will study four themes over the duration of the course – two microeconomics and two macroeconomics. In microeconomics they will look at how markets work, why markets fail, the behaviour of business and the labour market. In macroeconomics, they will study how economic performance is measured, the performance and policies of the UK economy, the global economy, international trade, the financial sector, poverty and inequality and development economics.
We also aim to provide a wide variety of co-curricular activities to complement the A level Economics course. We have a number of speakers who come into school throughout the year as well as a trip to the City of London and Docklands in Year 12. We encourage Economics students to participate in the Waldegrave MBA and to enter various Economics competitions throughout the course.
