BTEC Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care

Studying health and social care is ideal whether you are considering employment straight from advanced level study or wish to go on to university, where you could study nursing, podiatry, radiography, social work or childhood studies.
  • Pathway(s):
  • Applied
  • Applied Option B
  • Exam Board:
  • Edexcel

Advanced Vocational. Equivalent to 1 Advanced Level.

What Will I Study?

  • Human lifespan and development
  • Nutritional health
  • Working in health and social care
  • Meeting individual care and support needs

How Will I Be Assessed?

Assessment is through a mixture of coursework and exams.

What Could I Do Next?

Studying health and social care is ideal whether you are considering employment straight from advanced level study or wish to go on to university, where you could study nursing, podiatry, radiography, social work or childhood studies.

Subject Specific Entry Requirements

Grade 4 in English.

Where Can I Get More Information?

Contact Ms C Pym, Head of Social Science and Community Learning Faculty.

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