BTEC Health and Social Care (Single)

Applications Open - 12 November 2025

Applications Close - 12 April 2026

Entry Requirements - All entry requirements can be found in our course directory here.

How to Apply - To apply for Post-16 at Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy, please follow the link to Applicca, our admissions registration form: https://sgla.applicaa.com/inyear

Young people taking their first steps towards a new career need the right blend of technical and academic skills in order to become the highly skilled, work-ready individuals employers and universities look for. BTEC Level 3 Nationals are vocational qualifications are designed to help you succeed. This course has been developed in partnership with universities and employers.

The Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care is equivalent to an A-level. Students are taught four separate units, evenly distributed across the two years. In Year 12 students complete coursework about different Healthcare professionals and how people are cared for in the community in an array of different setting and to a variety of case study examples of people with different needs. By Year 13, students are ready to study the final two topics on human lifespan development and how to care for people with learning difficulties of different ages.

Year 1

Unit 1: Human lifespan Development

Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs,

Year 2

Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care,

Optional Unit: based on class interest

• 5+ GCSE 9-4 grades
• Grade 4 in English Language or Literature, Mathematics and a Science related subject

This course will prepare you for an Undergraduate degree course at University.

Careers could include:

• Nurse
• Community Therapist
• Midwife
• Social worker
• Primary School Teacher