Health & Social Care

Subject Overview

We are currently not offering Health and Social care but we hope to offer AAQ BTEC level 3 in 2026.

Child Care

Subject Overview

In Child Development and Care, we explore the key characteristics of early childhood from birth to five years. Students will develop knowledge, understanding and technical skills by planning play opportunities suitable for young children across the five areas of development as part of their learning.  Students will gain experience on a range of topics that are important to the early years, such as the importance of play and how child-friendly environments help to support this.

KS3

Students can choose to study Child Development if they are considering this as a choice for their options. They will cover Conception and factors that can impact development whilst in the womb. They will then explore holistic development and gain an understanding of how to support a child’s development. They will look at the areas of development and factors that can affect them.

KS4

Child development Tech award Level 1 / 2

The objectives of this qualification are to: 

• provide an understanding of holistic child development
• identify factors that influence child development
• understand legislation in the early years
• promote care routines and activities to support the child
• provide an understanding of the expectations of an early years
  practitioner and their roles and responsibilities in a childcare
  setting
• provide an understanding of the importance of observations in
  early years childcare
• understand the purpose of planning in early years childcare

KS5

Early childhood development AAQ BTEC

The Level 3 Award in Childcare and Education gives learners an understanding of Early Years childcare of children from birth to 5 years and further knowledge of children aged 5 to 8 years. Students will learn about child development from birth to 8 and about children’s health and well-being.
They will look at factors that can affect development and how it can impact on lifestyle and adulthood.

Higher Education Links & Career Opportunities

Students from KS4 can progress on to complete  Early childhood development AAQ BTEC.  Once students complete this course they will have their licence to practice and be counted in ratio in a nursery.  This can lead to some exciting career opportunities such as teaching assistants, nursery room leaders and even set up their own business as a childminder.   Students can also go on to University to train to become a teacher.