Repton’s Economics and Business Studies departments are housed in their own building on Boot Hill in the village. Economics has been taught at Repton since the late 1960’s and remains a popular course at A level today: there are usually some 40 pupils studying Economics in each of the Sixth Form years. Economics is studied at AS and A2 levels, following the AQA specification, and a good number of Reptonians go on to study economics related courses at University.
As well as taking A level, pupils can further their interest in the subject in a number of ways. There is a voluntary Economics discussion group which meets weekly and which forms the basis for Oxbridge preparation later in the course. Pupils can take up an investment challenge run by an outside organisation where they invest on the stock market (with pretend money!). We also enter teams for competitions, such as one run by the Bank Of England on setting interest rates, which extends pupils understanding of economic issues. The department also has good links with Nottingham University’s Economics department with an annual visit to their Sixth Form conference.