Recent Achievements

Published article in the Professional Body magazine 2024.

Young Enterprise: Various awards 2020-23.

LUMS 100 Day Entrepreneurship Challlenge - winners 2023.

Business & Management - top candidate in the country 2018 & 2019

Moneywise Finance teacher of the year ‘Judges Award’ 2019 (RW)

National finalists in the ICAEW BASE competition on two occasions

Regional & National finalists in the LiBF Student Investor competition

Regional Finalists in the Target 2.0 BoE competition

Winners of the EY Arcade National Competition 2014

Business Studies - Winner of the 2013 Good Schools Guide Award for Excellence

EBEA nomination for Business/Economics teacher of the year 2012 (RW)

EBEA department Quality Mark accredited

Department Facilities

The Business & Economics Department sits in a new area in Old School House.  There are three classrooms and a staff office. 

Department results and pupil numbers

Results in the department are excellent. The exam results in Business are generally above the LRGS average and the value added is amongst the very best in the school.   Economics results are also very good. Typically averaging over 80% A*-B in recent years. The department continues to flourish and this is reflected in pupil uptake. Over half of the entire Sixth Form now take Business or Economics and it is the biggest humanity/social science department in the sixth form.

Business & Economics - Staff Overview

Russell Wareing B Ec (Hons) Murdoch University, W Australia; Grad Dip Ed Curtin University, W Australia. Mr Wareing is the Head of the Economics and Business Department and coaches the football squad. He tends to teach both Business Studies and Economics. Until recently he was the Chief Examiner for the Cambridge Pre-U in Business & Management. He is currently an exam reviser for an overseas Business Studies paper. He has had a variety of articles published in both the Business Review and the EBEA magazine. He also led a two year Erasmus+ project with some European partner schools. The focus was on personal finance education.

Jonathan Remmington BA (Hons), PGCE in Business Education from the University of Manchester> Teaches A-level Economics and Business Studies. He also serves as an examiner for both subjects. In addition to his teaching role, Mr. Remmington plays a key part in promoting the department's entrepreneurial initiatives, coordinating Young Enterprise competitions, and supporting the Economics Society.

Allen Martin (BA Hons Oxon, History. PGCE, Oxford. MA, Lancaster, Social Justice) is a teacher of both Economics and Business Studies. He also teaches Politics and History at A-level.  He is the Head of Sixth Form at LRGS and an Assistant Head. He leads the school's Oxbridge programme and is a keen proponent of cross-disciplinary study.

Sarah Taylor BA (Hons) in International Business Management, PGCE Leeds Beckett University, SCITT Ripley St Thomas. Miss Taylor is a teacher Business Studies and a form tutor to a Year 12 group. She is currently pursuing a Master's in Education with Northumbria University. Her teaching experience spans boarding schools and sixth form colleges, where she has not only cultivated a passion for guiding students in their academic and personal growth but enjoyed fostering teamwork through sports coaching, having been involved in Netball and Tennis.

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Business & Economics - Sixth Form 

eduqas Business Studies A-level

The department follows the eduqas A-level Business Studies. This is a linear course with 3 examinations. The course details can be found here.

Edexcel Economics 

The department follows the Edexcel syllabus. In total four units are studied and these are examined at the end of the second year through three exams.  The course is linear. 

For more details on the curriculum, visit the Edexcel web site

Business & Economics Extracurricular

Students within the department are encouraged to get involved in the various enterprise schemes and competitions. This is a core feature. 

Examples of current activities

Lancaster University (LUMS) 100 –Day Enterprise Challenge
Entry: L6 & U6
Details: Develop and pitch a business plan in 100 days

Young Enterprise
Entry: L6
Details: National business start-up competition

The department also enters a variety of Economics essay competitions, has a number of guest speakers and organises business visits and overseas trips such as New York, Prague and Cyprus.