Teacher area: scheme of work, lessons and assessment
Extended EconomicsA Level · Edexcel Economics A

Across the two years

Scheme of work

A teaching route through the four themes that builds the exam skills deliberately: diagrams and definitions first, chained analysis next, evaluation threaded through from early, and synoptic links foregrounded before Paper 3.

Outline A sample of the opening half-terms is below; the full two-year sequence fills out alongside the topic pages.

PeriodThemeTeaching focusAssessment outcomeSite resources
Y12 · Autumn 1 Theme 1 The economic problem, PPFs, demand and supply, the price mechanism. Diagram drills; first analysis paragraphs on a shift in demand or supply. Theme 1
Demand & supply
Y12 · Autumn 2 Theme 1 Elasticities, consumer and producer surplus, market failure and intervention. Data-response practice on indirect taxes; evaluation of intervention. Theme 1
Skills
Y12 · Spring 1 Theme 2 Measures of performance, AD/AS, the multiplier, growth. AD/AS diagram sequences; first extended-response on a macro objective. Theme 2

Assessment rhythm

Short analysis paragraphs from the first half-term build the chain habit before the first full extended-response. Data-response practice runs alongside every theme so AO2 never becomes an afterthought. Route drafts through the marking desk between lessons so classroom time goes to redrafting.

To be completed

This is a skeleton for you to complete with your own timings, mock windows and set texts. Add half-terms for Themes 3 and 4 across Year 13, a synoptic Paper 3 block in the spring, and revision cycles to suit your timetable.