Cambridge OCR New A Level in Business

Our new A Level Business is designed to remove the unnecessary complexity, so students can focus on thinking, not decoding, and teachers can spend more time teaching business.

That’s why we’ve made our assessment straightforward by design, with:

✔️ Multiple choice questions on every paper

✔️ A formulae booklet for use during exams – meaning less time spent memorising equations and more time showcasing their knowledge and skills

✔️ A small number of clearly explained command words to help students understand exactly what’s being asked

✔️ Accessible, engaging case studies that reflect real-life business contexts

✔️ Just a few question types, used consistently across all papers with our highest mark question worth 14 marks

✔️ Each paper focuses on different content, with Paper 3 giving the opportunity to bring ideas together from across the specification.

The result is less complexity, letting you get back to doing what you do best: teaching.

Accessible, straightforward assessments designed to empower and engage

All students deserve the chance to succeed – and our assessments are designed to do just that.

Multiple choice questions on every paper

A formulae booklet for use during exams – meaning less time spent memorising equations

Just a few question types, used consistently across all papers

Accessible mark tariffs – our highest mark question is worth 14 marks

A small number of clearly explained command words to help students understand exactly what’s being asked

Short, engaging case studies that reflect real-life business contexts

Each paper covers different content, while encouraging a holistic view of Business, with Paper 3 giving students the opportunity to bring ideas together from across the specification

Business topics for today

Our qualification feels relevant, engaging, and connected to the world around us – preparing students for further study or the workplace.

Empower students to become commercially minded, enterprising individuals

Contemporary content like work life balance and customer experience

Refreshed, popular topics such as sustainability and the use of technology in business

A focus on real-world thinking and the practical application of business skills, with a reduction in the content in other A Levels

Teach with confidence and clarity

Deliver our qualification with confidence thanks to a clear, structured specification that is designed to save you time and support your planning.

Easy-to-navigate specification that set out exactly what to teach – no hidden content

Column providing clear guidance on the depth of understanding and skills required from students

Content logically organised by topic to support co-teaching and flexible delivery

A defined list of command words, with clear explanations of how they’ll be used in assessments

Content that builds naturally on from our GCSE, thanks to a familiar layout of content and topics

Detailed mark schemes, including exemplars, give you and your students a clear picture of what success looks like

Support at every step

Feel confident in your teaching from day one thanks to tailored support – whether you're a subject specialist or not.

Free access to a digital student book from Cambridge (via a site licence) for all staff and students in your school or college who need it (estimated publication: summer 2026)

Direct access to a dedicated subject advisor for expert guidance

Practical planning tools, including curriculum planners and schemes of work

Assessment resources to build confidence, such as candidate exemplars and practice papers

Everything you need to plan, teach and assess – all in one place: our secure online platform, Teach Cambridge

“The specification is excellent. It has a wide range of topics with a range of relevant business content.”

“I like the way it is split and the logic behind this, clearly broken down into manageable and accessible sections”

“It covers the pillars of business really well. It is clear and to the point.”

"Clear, accessible and relevant... I like this and would use this with my students.”

“Love this way of structuring exam papers. The multiple choice questions are accessible for all and reward those who have revised content and allow for a wider range of the spec to be covered. I think the case studies are outstanding. Too often the scenarios are too brief to allow students to show the required analysis and recommendations.”

“Good selection of questions for a wide range of abilities.”

You’ll also have access to assessment resources such as:

assessment guides  
candidate style answers/candidate exemplification
practice papers  
Active Results – our free online results analysis service that allows you to review exam performance  
Access to Scripts – free and on-demand, this service allows you to download copies of students’ question papers to help decide whether to request a review and to support teaching
ExamBuilder – our free question-building platform that helps you to build your own tests as our bank of past live-series questions grows.