October 2025 Subject Advisor update for BTEC Nationals, Firsts and Tech Award for Health and Social Care
Welcome to the October update for Health and Social Care. I hope you have settled into the new term.
In this update there is dates for the January exams. Exciting information about ResultsPlus for the Nationals. There dates for training for the Tech Award.
There are new training dates for the Tech Award. There is Marking and Moderation training for both Components in October.
With the new dates for the release of the PSA, it is important that you ensure that you are using the correct version.
The PSA released in June 2025 is for the January moderation window and the sample needs to be uploaded to the Learner Work Transfer system by 15 December 2025.
The PSA released in September 2025 is for the June moderation window and the sample needs to be uploaded to the Learner Work Transfer system by 15 May 2026.
You’ll see a new bar chart on the cohort analysis screen for a given unit, comparing your cohort’s grade distribution to the distribution across all Pearson entries.
You’ll see a new ‘Get cohort grade reports’ tile on the ResultsPlus BTEC landing page when you first log in.
Select your qualification and session and you’ll get a report comparing your students’ overall grades to the distribution across all students registered on that qualification.
This is also available for the Tech Award.
| Qualifications | Subject | Exam code | Title | Unit | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationals | Applied Psychology | 21331L | Psycological Approaches and Applications | Unit 1 | 07/01/2026 | PM |
| Nationals | Applied Psychology | 21333L | Health Psychology | Unit 3 | 15/01/2026 | PM |
| First | Health and Social care | 20544E | Human Lifespan Development | Unit 1 | 08/01/2026 | AM |
| First | Health and Social Care | 20952E | Healthy Living | Unit 9 | 12/01/2026 | PM |
| Nationals | Health and Social Care | 31490H | Human Lifespan Development | Unit 1 | 09/01/2026 | PM |
| Nationals | Health and Social Care | 31491H | Working in Health and Social Care | Unit 2 | 12/01/2026 | AM |
| Nationals | Health and Social Care | 31493H | Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care | Unit 3 | 15/01/2026 | AM |
| Nationals | Health and Social Care | 31494H | Enquiries into Current research in Health and Social Care- Pre-release | Unit 4 | 24/11/2025 | Window |
| Nationals | Health and Social Care | 31494H | Enquiries into Current research in Health and Social Care | Unit 4 | 07/01/2026 | AM |
| Tech Award | Health and Social Care | BHS03/01 | Health and Wellbeing | Component 3 | 09/01/2026 | PM |
We’d love your help shaping a new Verification Process. Please join us by participating in the Verify Trial, launching this academic year.
Do get in touch if you deliver any of the following BTEC Nationals (2016)
Whether you deliver some, or all the above programmes we want to hear from you. The Verify Trial focuses on providing Centres with a dedicated tool designed to assist in quality assurance processes and to improve accuracy in internal assessments. By taking part, your Centre will benefit from early access to resources aimed at supporting robust and transparent quality assurance, ensuring fairness for all learners.
If your Centre is keen to drive improvement and be part of something exciting, we’d love to hear from you!
