{"id":21,"date":"2023-11-30T13:05:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2023-11-30T13:10:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:10:31","slug":"higher-accounting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/courses\/higher-accounting\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Accounting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This course helps pupils understand and make use of financial information. They<\/p>\n<p>prepare accounting statements, and analyse, interpret and report on an organisation\u2019s financial performance. A main feature of the course is developing numeracy and thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p>There are 2 main components:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Question paper (120 marks)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 hours and 30 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Assignment (60 marks) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a02 hours and 30 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The assignment is worth 33% of the overall marks. The assignment is set by SQA on an annual basis. It is conducted in school under a high degree of supervision and control and then submitted to SQA for external marking.<\/p>\n<h2>Aims of the Course<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This course shows the function that accounting performs in business and society<\/li>\n<li>The need for accuracy in the preparation, presentation, interpretation and analysis of complex accounting information.<\/li>\n<li>How to apply a systematic approach to solving financial problems<\/li>\n<li>Pupils will learn a range of sources of finance that are available to organisations, and the circumstances these sources might be used in<\/li>\n<li>How to use spreadsheet software for complex accounting tasks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Homework Policy<\/h2>\n<p>Homework is done continually throughout the course.\u00a0 Pupils are given questions to complete on topics that they are currently working on.\u00a0 This helps to re-enforce their learning experience.\u00a0 Homework will be based on theory and practical exercises. Prior to examination and the External Assignment emphasis will be placed on relevant topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course helps pupils understand and make use of financial information. They prepare accounting statements, and analyse, interpret and report on an organisation\u2019s financial performance. A main feature of the course is developing numeracy and thinking skills. There are 2 main components: Question paper (120 marks)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 hours and 30 minutes Assignment (60 marks) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/courses\/higher-accounting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Higher Accounting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/22"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahsbusinesseducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}