Health and Social Care

Exam Board

Key Stage 4

BTEC level 2 Award in Health and Social Care

What will students learn?

Over the 2 years you will complete three different units.

Component 1: Human Lifespan development

Learning what typical development from birth to old age is, and how different life experiences can impact on these patterns.

Component 2: Health and Social Care Values

Understand the different types of health and social care services and the responsibilities of different workers, including assessing importance of care values.

Component 3: Health and Wellbeing

Using information gained from the previous two components, students apply their understanding in a practical way with use of a case study.

Assessment

Components 1 and 2 are assessed using Controlled assessments. At specific times throughout the 2 year course, the exam board release Pearson Set Assignments. These involve a number of tasks for students to complete under supervised and timed conditions. This is similar to exam conditions, however students have longer to complete them and are allowed some supporting materials such as their lesson notes. With the controlled assessments, they are marked internally before feedback and a grade is given to the student. At this point they are allowed a resubmission should they wish to attempt to improve their grade.

Component 3 is assessed through a external assessment (exam). This is completed under timed conditions, in an exam hall and then assessed externally.

This involves students using knowledge from all of the components and using additional skills of applying to a real life context, through use of a case study.

Key Stage 5

Level 3 AAQ BTEC National in Health and Social Care (from September 2025)

This course is offered in year 12 and is a two year course. The AAQ is equivalent to one A level qualification. This qualification is made up of four units. Two are internally assessed coursework units and two are external exams. The topics covered in this course are human lifespan development, health promotion, human biology and health and principles of health and social care practice. Through studying this qualification you will gain the important knowledge,  understanding and skills that are foundations for further work or study in this area.

Year 12

Unit 1 Human Lifespan Development- external assessment  

Unit 5 Promoting Health Education - coursework

Year 13

Unit 2 Human Biology and Health – external assessment

Unit 3 Principles of Health and Social Care Practice – coursework