Cambridge designs IGCSE syllabuses for about 130 guided learning hours. This scheme of work spreads the 0264 syllabus (first exams 2027) over 46 teaching weeks at roughly three hours a week, with Topics 1 to 4 in the first year and Topics 5 and 6 plus exam practice in the second. Every row names the syllabus sections it covers and links to the unit those lessons come from. Adjust the week numbers to your own calendar; the order follows the syllabus.
Each week is one lesson from the 0264 course unless the row says “continued”, where a longer lesson is split across two weeks. Each lesson is an editable PowerPoint with a video case study, learning checks and an exit ticket, and comes with a teacher answer key when bought as part of the unit or the complete course. Lesson 1.1 is free and comes with a teacher answer key.
Week by week
| Week | Syllabus sections | Content | Lessons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.1.1 | Course introduction; 1.1 Business Activity: factors of production, adding value, opportunity cost | Unit 1 lessons Lesson page: 1.1 Business Activity |
| 2 | 1.2.1 | 1.2 Economic Sectors: primary, secondary, tertiary; private and public sectors | Unit 1 lessons Lesson page: 1.2 Economic Sectors |
| 3 | 1.3.1 to 1.3.2 | 1.3 Enterprise, Business Growth and Size: entrepreneurs, business plans, government support, measuring size | Unit 1 lessons Lesson page: 1.3 Enterprise, Business Growth and Size |
| 4 | 1.3.3 to 1.3.4 | 1.3 continued: internal and external growth, why businesses stay small, succeed or fail | Unit 1 lessons Lesson page: 1.3 Enterprise, Business Growth and Size |
| 5 | 1.4.1 | 1.4 Types of Business Organisation: sole traders to public limited companies, franchises, joint ventures, social enterprises | Unit 1 lessons Lesson page: 1.4 Types of Business Organisation |
| 6 | 1.5.1 to 1.5.2 | 1.5 Business and Stakeholder Objectives | Unit 1 lessons Lesson page: 1.5 Business and Stakeholder Objectives |
| 7 | Topic 1 | Unit 1 review and Paper 1 style practice on Topic 1 | Unit 1 lessons |
| 8 | 2.1.1 | 2.1 Human Resource Management: recruitment and selection | Unit 2 lessons Lesson page: 2.1 Human Resource Management |
| 9 | 2.1.2 to 2.1.3 | 2.1 continued: employment contracts, legal controls, training | Unit 2 lessons Lesson page: 2.1 Human Resource Management |
| 10 | 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 | 2.2 Organisation and Management: structures, charts, flexible working, functions of management | Unit 2 lessons Lesson page: 2.2 Organisation and Management |
| 11 | 2.2.3 to 2.2.5 | 2.2 continued: leadership styles, downsizing and redundancy, trade unions | Unit 2 lessons Lesson page: 2.2 Organisation and Management |
| 12 | 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 | 2.3 Methods of Communication: methods, internal and external, barriers | Unit 2 lessons Lesson page: 2.3 Methods of Communication |
| 13 | 2.4.1 to 2.4.2 | 2.4 Motivating Employees: Maslow, Taylor, Herzberg; financial and non-financial methods | Unit 2 lessons Lesson page: 2.4 Motivating Employees |
| 14 | Topic 2 | Unit 2 review and data response practice | Unit 2 lessons |
| 15 | 3.1.1 to 3.1.4 | 3.1 Marketing and the Market: role of marketing, market changes, market share, mass and niche, segmentation | Unit 3 lessons Lesson page: 3.1 Marketing and the Market |
| 16 | 3.2.1 | 3.2 Market Research: primary and secondary methods, sampling, accuracy, analysing data | Unit 3 lessons Lesson page: 3.2 Market Research |
| 17 | 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 | 3.3 Marketing Mix: product, product life cycle, extension strategies, pricing methods | Unit 3 lessons Lesson page: 3.3 Marketing Mix |
| 18 | 3.3.3 to 3.3.5 | 3.3 continued: place, promotion, ecommerce | Unit 3 lessons Lesson page: 3.3 Marketing Mix |
| 19 | 3.3.6 to 3.4.1 | 3.4 Marketing Strategy and Legal Controls: marketing mix decisions, entering new markets abroad, legal controls | Unit 3 lessons Lesson page: 3.4 Marketing Strategy and Legal Controls |
| 20 | Topic 3 | Unit 3 review and case study practice | Unit 3 lessons |
| 21 | 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 | 4.1 Production of Goods and Services: productivity, efficiency, lean production, inventory, job, batch and flow | Unit 4 lessons Lesson page: 4.1 Production of Goods and Services |
| 22 | 4.2.1 | 4.2 Technology and Production | Unit 4 lessons Lesson page: 4.2 Technology and Production |
| 23 | 4.3.1 | 4.3 Sustainable Production | Unit 4 lessons Lesson page: 4.3 Sustainable Production |
| 24 | 4.4.1 to 4.4.2 | 4.4 Costs and Break-even: classifying costs, cost data decisions, economies and diseconomies of scale | Unit 4 lessons Lesson page: 4.4 Costs and Break-even |
| 25 | 4.4.3 | 4.4 continued: break-even charts, break-even output, margin of safety, limitations | Unit 4 lessons Lesson page: 4.4 Costs and Break-even |
| 26 | 4.5.1 | 4.5 Quality of Goods and Services: quality control and quality assurance | Unit 4 lessons Lesson page: 4.5 Quality of Goods and Services |
| 27 | 4.6.1 | 4.6 Location Decisions | Unit 4 lessons Lesson page: 4.6 Location Decisions |
| 28 | Topic 4 | Unit 4 review, then an end-of-year-1 exam on Topics 1 to 4 (Paper 1 style, timed) | Unit 4 lessons |
| 29 | 5.1.1 to 5.1.2 | 5.1 Business Finance Needs and Sources | Unit 5 lessons Lesson page: 5.1 Business Finance Needs and Sources |
| 30 | 5.2.1 | 5.2 Cash Flow Forecast: features, amend or complete, interpret, short-term cash problems | Unit 5 lessons Lesson page: 5.2 Cash Flow Forecast |
| 31 | 5.3.1 to 5.3.2 | 5.3 Profit and Loss: why profit matters, statement of profit or loss, simple calculations | Unit 5 lessons Lesson page: 5.3 Profit and Loss |
| 32 | 5.4.1 | 5.4 Statement of Financial Position: assets, liabilities, capital employed, working capital | Unit 5 lessons Lesson page: 5.4 Statement of Financial Position |
| 33 | 5.5.1 to 5.5.2 | 5.5 Analysis of Accounts: profitability and liquidity ratios | Unit 5 lessons Lesson page: 5.5 Analysis of Accounts |
| 34 | 5.5.3 | 5.5 continued: users of accounts, limitations of ratio analysis | Unit 5 lessons Lesson page: 5.5 Analysis of Accounts |
| 35 | Topic 5 | Unit 5 review and calculation practice | Unit 5 lessons |
| 36 | 6.1.1 to 6.1.2 | 6.1 Economic Issues: business cycle, employment, inflation, growth, government policy | Unit 6 lessons Lesson page: 6.1 Economic Issues |
| 37 | 6.2.1 to 6.2.4 | 6.2 Business and the International Economy: globalisation, tariffs and quotas, multinationals, external costs and benefits, exchange rates | Unit 6 lessons Lesson page: 6.2 Business and the International Economy |
| 38 | 6.3.1 to 6.4.1 | 6.3 and 6.4 Environmental and Ethical Issues | Unit 6 lessons Lesson page: 6.3 and 6.4 Environmental and Ethical Issues |
| 39 | 6.5.1 | 6.5 Pressure Groups | Unit 6 lessons Lesson page: 6.5 Pressure Groups |
| 40 | Topic 6 | Unit 6 review | Unit 6 lessons |
| 41 | All topics | Mock exam: Paper 1 and Paper 2 under timed conditions, using the Cambridge specimen papers; mark against the specimen mark schemes and feed back the following week | Complete bundle |
| 42 to 46 | All topics | Revision by weakness from the mock: Paper 1 short answer and data response practice, then Paper 2 case study practice with an insert, timed | Complete bundle |
Notes on the order
Topic 5 sits at the start of the second year so that break-even (4.4) is fresh when students meet cash flow and the statements. The syllabus notes that constructing a cash flow forecast, a statement of profit or loss or a statement of financial position is not assessed; weeks 30 to 32 are about amending, completing and interpreting them. Topic 6 is short and comes last because the business cycle and government policy make more sense once students have the rest of the course to apply them to.
The unit listings and the 0264 Complete Bundle (28 lessons) are on TES; the full lesson list is on the Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264 page.
Related
Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264 lessons (every lesson and unit with its TES link). For the next stage: AS Level 9609 scheme of work.