Health and Social Care

Staffing in Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care is taught by two teachers; Ms Brotherston and Ms Healy.

Aims of The Department
In Health and Social Care, our primary aim is to enable all pupils to achieve to the best of their ability through a variety of ways of learning with the overall goal of applying skills and learning through hands on experience.  This will ultimately provide a pathway for some pupils for further development into a Health and Social Care career.

Pupils are given the opportunity to work vocationally, through work experience, work placements at local nurseries and within the school environment through the school’s Special Educational Needs department.

Pupils develop communication and work skills through 1:1 and group work, presentations and enterprise activities.  They are also all encouraged to select a Health and Social Care related work placement for their KS4 work experience.

The course is a BTEC qualification and assessment revolves around building a portfolio of evidence around the unit assessment criteria.  The department encourages all pupils to achieve up to and including 4 GCSE equivalency at A-C grades. 

The Health and Social Care Curriculum
The Health and Social Care Curriculum in Year 10
In Year 10 pupils study Health and Social Care for 5 hours a week and undertake 6 units of work. 

Pupils follow the Edexcel BTEC Health and Social Care Level 2 diploma, which consists of the completion of 8 units of assignment based work; including vocational studies.

• Unit 3:  Individual Needs in Health and Social Care
• Unit 8:  Human Lifespan Development
• Unit 1:  Communication in Health and Social Care
• Unit 2:  Individual Rights in Health and Social Care
• Unit 9:  Creative and Therapeutic Activities

The Health and Social Care Curriculum in Year 11
In Year 11 pupils study Health and Social Care for 5 hours a week and undertake 2 units of work. 

• Unit 9:  Continuation of Creative and Therapeutic Activities
• Unit 4:  Ensuring Safe Environments
• Unit 11:  The Impact of Diet on Health

Assessment For Learning
Pupils work is regularly marked with feedback through the Pass, Merit and Distinction criteria, with opportunities to improve work built into the 2 year program.

Attainment In Our Department

Results at end of Key Stage 4 (A*-C)