Curriculum Intent
The Health and Social Care department will nurture every student through their journey to develop their resilience, compassion, and independence, growing into well-rounded individuals to succeed in today’s diverse society. Complimenting other subjects’ and the wider school, students will experience and study a vast range of Health and Social Care topic areas requiring them to demonstrate maturity and respect for others, coupled with high expectations, which will encourage students to aspire to excellence. Students will become confident and fully prepared to manage their emotions for the many challenges and opportunities they face for their health and wellbeing, preparing them for life and inspiring them to work within the industry.
Real life links:
About 3 million people, in the UK, work in health and social care – equivalent to 1 in every 10 people. Demand for both health and social care is likely to continue to rise due to the ageing population, so it will continue to play a key role in UK society. The demand for people to fill these vital jobs will continue to increase.
This qualification will ensure that each student has the opportunity to understand the wide range of vocational opportunities and entry routes in Health and Social Care, and to challenge stereotypes such as entry routes and gender roles. This course could lead to a long term career within the sector. According to Kings Fund (2020) the health care workforce includes 48% of whom are highly educated with professional qualifications.
Our Teachers
- Mrs Joyce – Teacher of H&SC
- Mrs Allen – Head of PE
Learning Journey
Assessment and Exams
Health and Social Care Level 1/Level 2 – J835 Specification
Aspire 5
A grade 5 (L2M) student should be able to:
- 60% of the subject is coursework based. In your coursework you are expected to complete work that is described by the marking criteria as ‘sound, partial or adequate’.
- ‘Sound’ is looking at coursework that is valid, logical and a relevant understanding is secured, with some points that are not fully developed.
- ‘Partial’ is defined as work that is produced that evidences a mainly developed application.
- ‘Adequate’ is described as work that includes the appropriate number of relevant facts or concepts but does not include full detail.
- In the exam the questions are either short which require one word answers or simple sentences worth 1-4 marks and the extended response questions are worth 5-8 marks and this is where an extended piece of writing is expected.
- The higher mark questions require the following skills: analyse, discuss, evaluate, justify, compare and contrast. (grade 5+)
- For lower mark questions the skills required are: identify, label, state, describe and explain.