** Parents’ Evenings **
The booking system is now open for our March Parents Evenings;
Year 7, 9 & 10, Tuesday March 7th 2023, 4.00PM-7.00PM
Year 8 & 11, Thursday March 23rd 2023, 4.00PM-7.00PM
Please follow the link to book your appointments.
Click HereWe all experience health and social care during our lives. From newborn to elderly, we need and use health and social care services and meet with professionals in many different areas of the industry. From doctors and surgeons, nutritionists and radiographers, to psychologists and therapists, there are a multitude of professional careers in the health and social care sector.
Component 1 – Coursework
Component 2 – Coursework
Component 3 – Written Exam
Health and social care involves a lot of coursework, you will need:
Component 1
Component 2
Component 3
Pupils achieve grade Pass, Merit, Distinction or Distinction*
Component 1 ‐ Coursework – 30% of overall grade
Component 2 ‐ Coursework – 30% of overall grade
Component 3 ‐ A written 2 hour exam – 40% of overall grade
Please be aware that this course has nine extended writing assignments which are worth a total of 60% of the pupil’s final grade. We work to tight exam board deadlines and therefore it is essential that these assignments are completed in the given timeframe. Failure to meet these deadlines will affect the pupil’s final grade.
Pupils will be expected to participate in a variety of visits to local health and social care providers in order to experience how skills learnt in the classroom can be transferred into a real life setting.
Careers
There are various careers in health and social care, and childcare. Here are some examples:
‘‘Completing coursework is difficult, but it means less exam pressure at the end”
“I like the fact that the coursework is spread over a long period of me and I build up my grade as I go along”
“Surprised how many different health and social care careers there are in the NHS”
(Hospital careers event)
“I can see now how the care values are put into practice when looking after the elderly and children!”
(Care home and nursery school visits)
Please contact: E.Ronan or L.Fox on info@oakwood.ac
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