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Health & Social Care (Humanities)
Head Of Humanities Department: Mrs Green
Head Of Subject: Ms Riddell
GCSE Health and Social Care (Year 11 only)
Equivalent to two GCSE’s
Unit One Health and Social Care and early years provisions.
Unit Two Promoting health and wellbeing
Unit Three Understanding personal development and relationships
GCE in Health and Social Care
You can study for:
- A double award AS GCE (6 units) units 1-6
- A double award GCE (12 units) all units
In the AS units you will learn about:
Human growth and development Unit One
Communication and values Unit Two
Positive care environments Unit Three
Social aspects and lifestyle choices Unit Four
Activities for health and wellbeing Unit Five
Public health Unit Six
Overview of BTEC First
Health and Social Care (GCSE)
100% Coursework
Unit One Communication and individual rights within the health and social care sectors
Unit Two Individual needs within the health and social care sectors
Unit Three Coursework on work placement
GCSE Home Economics
AQA Child Development (From 2009)
There is one tier of assessment with a single paper which covers all of the grades A* - G
Written paper (Unit 1)
40% of the total marks
100 marks
Research Task (Unit 2) Controlled Assessment
20% of the total marks
The research task must be completed under supervision within the classroom and
Should occupy 7 hours of supervised time.
Child study (Unit 3)
40% of the total marks
The child study must be completed under supervision within the classroom and should occupy approximately 20 hours of supervised time
