KS4 Health and Social Care
Specification: Pearson
Qualification: BTEC Tech Award
Students complete the course over two years. The course is broken into the following areas:
Component 1 36 GLC: Human Lifespan Development
Learners will investigate how, in real situations, human development is affected by different factors and that people deal differently with life events.
Internally Assessed (30% of the total course)
Component 2 36 GLC: Health and Social Care Services and Values
Learners study and explore practically, health and social care services and how they meet the needs of real service users. They also develop skills in applying care values.
Internally Assessed (30% of the total course)
Component 3 48 GLC: Health and Wellbeing
Learners will study the factors that affect health and wellbeing, learning about physiological and lifestyle indicators, and how to design a health and wellbeing improvement plan.
Externally Assessed (40% of the total course)
Written examination 2 hours 60 marks
KS5 Health and Social Care
Specification: Pearson
Qualification: BTEC National Extended Certificate
360 GLH (equivalent in size to one A Level)
Mandatory content = 83%
External assessments = 58%
Students complete the course over two years. The course is broken into the following areas:
Unit 1 (mandatory) 90 GLC: Human Lifespan Development
Learners cover physical, intellectual, emotional and social development across the human lifespan, and the factors affecting development and the effects of ageing.
Written examination 1.5 hrs 90 marks
Externally Assessed
Unit 5 (mandatory) 90 GLC: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs
Learners focus on the principles and practicalities that underpin meeting individuals’ care and support needs, which are the foundation of all the care disciplines.
Internally Assessed
Unit 2 (mandatory) 120 GLC: Working in Health and Social Care
Learners explore what it is like to work in the health and social care sector, including the roles and responsibilities of workers and organisations.
Externally Assessed 1.5 hrs 80 marks
Written examination 90 minutes
Unit 14 (optional) 60 GLC: Physiological Disorders and their Care
Learners explore types of physiological disorders, the procedures for diagnosis, and the development of a treatment plan and provision of support for service users.
Internally Assessed.