December subject advisor update
The December update for Health and Social Care from your Subject Advisor
Hello everyone and welcome to the last update for 2023. This update has information on the Tech Award deadlines and the Reforms of Level 3 qualifications.
Exam dates for Winter 2024
| Qualification | Unit title | Unit number | Date | AM/PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTEC First | Human Lifespan Development | Unit 1 | 11 January | AM |
| BTEC First | Healthy Living | Unit 9 | 15 January | PM |
| BTEC Nationals | Human Lifespan Development | Unit 1 | 12 January | PM |
| BTEC Nationals | Working in Health and Social Care | Unit 2 | 15 January | AM |
| BTEC Nationals | Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care | Unit 3 | 18 January | AM |
| BTEC Nationals | Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care | Unit 4 Part B Exam | 10 January | AM |
| BTEC Nationals | Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care | Unit 4 Part pre-release | 27 November | Window |
| BTEC Tech Award 2022 | Health and Wellbeing | Component 3 | 10 January | PM |
Reform of BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care
Keep up to date with everything about the reform of the Level 3 qualifications . The BTEC nationals in Health and Social Care are unaffected until 2025. You can teach BTEC Nationals with confidence until 2025.
The BTEC Nationals Extended Certificate has been redeveloped and we will keep you updated with what the new specification will look like and how it will need to be delivered. The qualifications have been submitted to the DfE and we are waiting for the response from them about approval and funding.
Introducing your new BTEC Nationals Extended Certificate in Health and Social care
You can join us for a live event introducing you to the new Level 3 qualification, this is for first teach 2025.
Tech Award (20220 Deadlines for Pearson Set Assignment (PSA)
The deadline for uploading the Learners sample for moderation is 15 December. The work must be uploaded by this time and it is best not to leave it until the date to give yourself sometime to correct any errors.
Support Index for Tech Award
There is the Support Index that contains all the information you need to upload your learners work to the Learner Work Transfer and how to add extra learners.
Resit and retakes Bite Size video for Tech Awards
A sort video has been produced to explain the retake and resit requirements for Internal Assessments.
Subject advisor
Esther Trehearn
Health and Social Care
