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Level 3 AAQ Health and Social Care

at Whitburn Church of England Academy, Sunderland · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2019see the detail

Level 3Vocational and tradeCertificate18 monthsFull timeFree

What the college says

Why choose Health and Social Care? Whilst it is often in the news for its struggles with budget cuts and the challenges of an ageing population, the NHS remains one of our best-loved institutions and one of our biggest employers. Increasingly, the private sector has a role to play and employment opportunities may be with organisations in this sector. This course will give you good background knowledge of the principles of care generally and also with patients who have specific conditions. Students studying Health and Social Care may be offered the opportunity to go out on placement. Health and Social Care would sit nicely with other A-Level options including Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy and Ethics and English Language. We would expect students to progress to employment via Advanced Apprenticeship, or Higher Education with degrees in Nursing, Physiotherapy, Radiography, Occupational Therapy, Dental Nursing, Public Health, Health Studies and others being possible destinations. We may be able to offer both an Extended Certificate (equivalent to one A Level) and a Diploma (equivalent to two A Levels) depending on demand.

What you need to get on

Level 4 in English Language, Maths, and Biology or Core Science.

How you are assessed

Learning a trade with tools and equipment, often in a college workshop or salon.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Whitburn Church of England Academy

    Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7EF

    DaytimeClassroom based
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