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Health & Social Care

Health and Social Care is an ever-growing workforce that employs approximately 3.4 million people in the UK alone. Demand for health, social and early years care will continue to rise with an ageing and increasing population and the workforce clearly plays a critical role in UK society.

We are passionate in providing our students with opportunities to develop into autonomous, resilient and compassionate learners who are prepared to succeed. Students cover a wide range of topics that provide them with an appreciation for the diverse nature of the population in the UK and the needs of vulnerable people; specialist knowledge and skills which can be used in caring careers, as well as research, essay writing and exam techniques which will support them in further education and in future careers.

Our curriculum aims to ensure that all students develop health and social care knowledge, conceptual understanding, exam and coursework skills and the Warlingham Learner attributes.  The curriculum is a progression model, through which the ‘big ideas’ are developed and built upon, as students develop their own schema for Health and Social Care.  Our big ideas or Core Concepts, through which all aspects of our subject can be linked to or explained by are:

The Core Concepts 

  • Health: the human body - its structure, functions and malfunctions
  • Care: how to protect and meet the needs of a diverse range of individuals
  • Wellbeing: fostering an understanding of how to empower and promote happiness, comfort and safety