Year 11 Health & Social Care Exam
Dear Parents/Carers
As the year draws to a close, I wanted to write to you to acknowledge how proud I am of the resilience and perseverance the Health and Social Care students have shown since September in order to complete assignments, review previous learning and prepare themselves for the upcoming exam next term. I am pleased to now be able to share with you the formal date of the exam which will be Friday 5th February 2021 at 9am.
This is the formal external component of their course and is the only assessment that is under exam conditions. The other assessments for this course are assignment based. Although there will be the opportunity to be entered once more for this exam in the June series, I want to stress that this is the real exam and not an Academy administered PPE. As such, we are under the confinements of Pearson with regards to how we deliver the exam. In instances impacted by Covid related isolation there is guidance from Pearson which we can share with you should you wish to or need to review it. However, other than this, students are expected to attend. Alternative dates and times for completion of this exam are not available.
Students will be required to be on site by 8.30am on the day of the exam. They will be notified of the location closer to the date of the exam and meet here on arrival to the site. The exam will start promptly at 9am and the students will return to their normal day following completion of the exam.
The Year 11 students have now completed their studies of all the content for the exam and when we return in January they will complete a full PPE of the paper on the first week back and then using this, we will focus on individual revision and exam skills. I know that this will require the students to move into exam mode at a different time to the rest of their peers but I have confidence in our young people that they have the tenacity, focus and ability to do this well and make themselves proud.
Yours sincerely
Ms Tasha Wolyn | Head of Social Science
