Accounting A-Level

The Accounting A-Level gives students a career-focused qualification that builds skills that can be directly applied to the workplace.

Students will gain an understanding of accounting systems and how they are used for monitoring and managing decision-making in business. Content includes financial accounting systems & costings and corporate & management accounting. Students will learn a range of practical accounting techniques including to perform double entry bookkeeping, prepare financial statements for companies and costing for decision making. 

Key Skills Acquired

Understanding and competence of accounting systems, problem solving, business decision-making, generic skills, conceptual learning, presenting qualitative and quantitative accounting information, ethics

Prerequisites 

It is recommended that students have completed a mathematics course at GCSE level or equivalent. 

Complimentary A-Levels

Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Business Studies, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, English, Modern Foreign Languages, Law, Geography, Politics. 

Typical Assessment

Examinations

Examination Boards

England and Wales Exam Boards: AQA

Scottish Exam Board: SQA

International Exam Boards: Cambridge International Education (CIE), OxfordAQA, Edexcel

Career Options

Accounting, bookkeeping, management, business, banking, finance, charity, tax, local authorities, government.