Key Stage 5 Overview

The Level 3 Btec qualifications offered are designed to ensure that the students increase their knowledge of the sector; the Extended Certificates are compromised by 4 units which are a mixture of external exams and coursework. The Extended Certificates are suitable for students wanting to go onto further study at university or look for an apprenticeship within their specific sector; they offer students a range of experiences and opportunities to further their personal knowledge.

Year 12 - H&S

• Human growth and development
• Factors affecting growth and development
• Impact of life events on relationships, health and wellbeing
• Working in the health and social care sector
• Roles and responsibilities of professionals within the sector
• Statutory guidance and procedures for working within the sector

Year 12 - CPLD

•  The principles of growth and development
•  Physical development
•  Theoretical approaches to cognition, language and communication development
• Theories of social and emotional development
•  The role of speech, communication and language in children’s development
•  Supporting children’s literacy and numeracy skills through speech, communication and language development
• Approaches to the varied needs of individual children

Year 13 - H&S

• Understanding the roles of individuals within multidisciplinary teams
• Planning care and support for individuals with additional needs
• Roles and responsibilities of professionals when working with individuals with additional needs
• Statutory guidance and procedures for working within the sector

Year 13 - CPLD

• Examine types of play and learning activities and the benefits for children’s learning and development
• Investigate theoretical perspectives to learning and development, curriculum approaches to play and their influence ion current early years practice.  
• Demonstrate skills required by early years professionals to support children’s purposeful play and learning opportunities
• Investigate legal responsibilities and approaches to health and safety in early years settings
• Explore procedures for prevention and control of infection in early years settings
• Examine how early years professionals safeguard children and respond to concerns that a child has been abused
• Demonstrate how to recognise and assess the hazards and risks to children and respond to emergencies in an early years setting