Free Level 3 Health and Social Care Course in Leeds – Allerton High Business and Enterprise Specialist School

CostFREE
Duration2 years
LevelLevel 3
DeliveryClassroom based
Start6 Sep 2027
Study modeFull-time
AttendanceDaytime
Awarding bodyOCR awarding body

About this course

Free Level 3 Health and Social Care Course in Leeds. Classes run at Allerton High Business and Enterprise Specialist School. This is a two-year, full-time daytime health and social care qualification covering communication, equality and diversity, health and safety, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, and sexual health and child development. Assessment is 60% exam and 40% coursework across six units. The course prepares you for university study in nursing, social work, early childhood studies, and related fields. To enrol, you'll need at least five GCSEs at grades 9 to 4, including English, Maths, and Science at grade 4 or above.

Who this course is for

If you are looking for a career in the health sector, eg nursing, medicine, physiotherapist, social work or early years worker then this qualification is for you.

Cambridge Technicals are vocational qualifications that are designed to give you a work-focused alternative to A Levels.

They’ve been designed to give you opportunities to demonstrate and develop the practical application of knowledge and understanding in the areas of work that appeal to you. This will enable you to develop your research skills as you work, both independently and with colleagues, to progress through your qualifications.

This qualification will help you:-

Develop the ability to work autonomously and effectively Be able to specialise in particular areas of health, social care and early years if you wish Obtain a qualification that is relevant to the workplace. Build your skills, knowledge and understanding of health, social care and early years needed to both continue studying at university and to start work.

This qualification isn’t just about caring for babies or the elderly and the ill; it will provide learners with the skills, knowledge and understanding to progress into Higher Education on a health and social care-related programme such as Health and Social Care, Nursing, Social Work or Early Childhood Studies.

Entry requirements

You should have achieved a minimum of 5 9-4 grades at GCSE including English and Maths with grade 4/4 in Science. Where Health and Social Care has been studied at Level 2 a Pass must have been achieved.

What you will learn

  • You'll explore how care is delivered across different health and social care settings and environments.
  • You'll study the role of effective communication in building positive relationships in health and social care.
  • You'll examine equality, diversity and rights and how they shape care practice.
  • You'll learn about health, safety and security responsibilities in care environments.
  • You'll develop knowledge of anatomy and physiology relevant to health and social care.
  • You'll investigate nutrition and its impact on health.
  • You'll cover sexual health, reproduction and child development.
  • You'll build transferable skills in research, planning and organisation.

How you will learn

You'll study in the classroom full-time over two years. The course is assessed through a combination of exams (60%) and coursework (40%). Six units are covered in total, made up of mandatory and optional elements. Mandatory units include building positive relationships, equality and diversity, health and safety, and anatomy and physiology. Additional units cover nutrition and child development. Units 1 to 3 are completed in year one; the remaining units in year two.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Allerton High Business and Enterprise Specialist School will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Care assistant: support people in residential or community care settings.
  • Healthcare support worker: assist clinical staff in NHS or private settings.
  • Early years worker: work with young children in nursery or childcare settings.
  • Social care worker: support adults or children with day-to-day needs.
  • NHS support roles: entry-level roles across a range of NHS services.

What you could study next

  • Foundation Degree or BSc in Nursing: the level 3 health and social care qualification supports applications to nursing programmes at university.
  • BSc Social Work: a recognised route into university-level social work study.
  • BSc Early Childhood Studies: for those interested in working with young children at a higher level.
  • Higher or Degree Apprenticeship in Health: combines work and study in NHS or care settings.

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