LEISURE AND TOURISM A SUBJECT CHOICE

 

Would Leisure and Tourism GCSE be a good choice for me?

If you know you want to work in the world’s largest and fastest growing employment area, it provides an opportunity to start an area of study in which you are interested.

If provides a chance to learn in a different and more practical way.

If you are unsure of what you want to do in the future, Leisure and Tourism is still a worthwhile subject to study as it gives you the opportunity to achieve in a subject not previously studied

What are the course content and assessment criteria?

Leisure and Tourism is a two-year course consisting of three compulsory units and is the equivalent of two GCSEs. Each of the three units is equally weighted.

Unit 1        Investigating Leisure and Tourism
                  This unit is externally assessed by a written paper lasting 1½ hours

Unit 2        Marketing in Leisure and Tourism
                  This unit is internally assessed by portfolio.

Unit 3        Customer Service in Leisure and Tourism
                  This unit is internally assessed by portfolio.

Year 10 Work Experience

In order to understand the nature of Leisure and Tourism, students must actively experience the Leisure and Tourism environment. This will be done through their Year 10 industrial placements.

For further information please see Mrs Waring.