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SUBJECT
TASTER INFORMATION
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THE STAFF 3
CATERING, BEAUTY THERAPY 4
h ENGLISH LITERATURE, FILM STUDIES 11
FINANCE, FRENCH 12
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, HISTORY 13
MATHEMATICS, MEDIA STUDIES 14
PERFORMING ARTS 15
PHOTOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION 16
PRODUCT DESIGN, PSYCHOLOGY 17
SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY 18
SPORT 19
CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION, COMPUTER SCIENCE 8
BIOLOGY, BUSINESS 7
SPORT & ACTIVITY LEADER, ART DESIGN 6
HAIR THERAPY, HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 5
ENGINEERING, ENGLISH LANGUAGE 10
CRIMINOLOGY, DANCE 9
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THE STAFF
DEPUTY HEADTEACHER Post 16 - Quality of Education
Mrs L Cox
ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER Post 16 - Engagement
Ms S Houlker
ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER Post 16 - Teaching and Learning
Mrs E Leverett
LEARNING LEADER Post 16
Mrs K Pyrke
PASTORAL SUPPORT MANAGER Post 16 Miss J Taylor
WESTLANDS SCHOOL SITE
THE SITTINGBOURNE SCHOOL SITE
PRINCIPAL Mrs J Noble
VICE PRINCIPAL Mr D Collins
VICE PRINCIPAL Mrs J Moir
PASTORAL SUPPORT MANAGER Mr M Harvey
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CATERING
COURSE NAME: City and Guilds Catering
LEVEL: Level 1
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 1
including English & Maths
This is an industry standard qualification
towards becoming a professional chef. You will
gain a high standard of cookery skills from
processes, whilst also learning other workplace
essentials like menu design, food safety, costing,
and preparing and cooking a varied selection of
foods.
BEAUTY THERAPY
COURSE NAME: City and Guilds Beauty Therapy
LEVEL: Level 2
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 3
including English & Maths
During this course you will gain a wide range of
skills, such as communication, time
management, team work and social skills. You
will look at the beauty industry, promoting a
professional image, health and safety,
consultation and salon based learning.
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
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HAIR THERAPY
COURSE NAME: City and Guilds Hair Therapy
LEVEL: Level 2
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 3
including English & Maths
You will gain a wide range of skills whilst
studying this course, such as communication,
time management, team work and social skills.
You will look at the hair industry, promoting
professional image, health and safety,
consultation and salon based learning.
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
COURSE NAME: NCFE CACHE Extended
Diploma in Health and Social Care
LEVEL: Level 2
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 1
including English & Maths
This course will give you a solid foundation for working with people in the health and social care sector. It will also provide a range of transferable skills that will be useful in any employment sector such as effective communication and supporting equality, diversity and the rights of others. There are 5 mandatory units and 2 optional units which are all coursework based. At the end of the course, successful completion means the learner will be ready to progress onto Level 3 Health and Social Care.
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 2
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SPORT & ACTIVITY LEADER
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
COURSE NAME: BTEC Sport and Activity
Leader
LEVEL: Level 2
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 1
including English & Maths
You will acquire technical skills through
vocational contexts by studying how to plan
individual and team sporting activities. The
qualification will provide the opportunity to
improve your organisational skills, leadership,
management of people, understanding of the
sporting sector and professionalism in a working
environment.
ART DESIGN
COURSE NAME: Art Design - Fine Art
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths plus a 6 in Art
You will be introduced to a variety of experiences
that explore a range of fine art media, processes
and techniques. You will become familiar with
both traditional and new media, including
drawing, painting, sculpture and printing.
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BIOLOGY
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
COURSE NAME: Edexcel A Level Biology
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs including
grade 6 - 6+ in Combined Science, and grade
9 - 5 in English & Maths
This qualification offers you an engaging
programme that covers biological molecules,
processes and microbiology in a 100%
examined course. The course contains Core
Practicals, which will be assessed in the final
examinations and help to build your practical
techniques.
BUSINESS
COURSE NAME: BTEC Business Extended
Certificate and Diploma
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths
You will study a range of units, from Enterprise in
Business, Marketing, Business and Personal
Finance, Managing an Event to Recruitment. You
will be offered the opportunity to attend trips and
engage with an outside organisation for
managing an event (Diploma). Those who study
Business, progress to a wide range of university
courses including Marketing, Human Resources
and many more.
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CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION
COURSE NAME: NCFE CACHE in Childcare and
Education
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths
This course will provide you with a firm
foundation for any role working with children
from birth to age 7. There are two coursework
units which cover child growth and
development as well as children’s health and well
-being. This course will be assessed through a
portfolio of evidence that is internally assessed
through a range of methods. You will need an
enhanced DBS check.
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
COMPUTING
COURSE NAME: BTEC Computing - Extended
Certificate
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths plus grade 9 - 5 or
Merit in ICT or Computing
You will study a wide range of computing skills
ranging from understanding basic computer
hardware to identifying and troubleshooting
complex hardware problems. You will learn to
write computer programs to create websites,
games and bespoke software.
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
CRIMINOLOGY
COURSE NAME: Applied Diploma in
Criminology
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 4
including English
This course comprises of 4 units. You will learn
about a variety of crimes and how crimes are
recorded. You will consider why people commit
crime and whether criminological theories are
credible and apply those theories to real-life
situations. This will allow you to discover
answers to questions such as “What makes
someone a serial killer?”
DANCE
COURSE NAME: BTEC Dance - Extended
Certificate
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English and Dance
You will gain a practical understanding of
professional performance activities. You will have
the opportunity to develop skills and
an understanding in contemporary, jazz, African
and urban techniques. Many of the projects
undertaken will enable you to work creatively and
collaboratively in choreographing and creating
performance material. You will be required to
take part in an audition.
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
ENGINEERING
COURSE NAME: Engineering Design
LEVEL: Level 3 Technical
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 2 GCSEs grade 9 - 5 plus
grade 6+ in Maths, Science and Design Technology or
a minimum of a Merit in Engineering
This course provides an overview of scientific
principles used by engineers to identify the most
suitable materials for an engineered
product, mechanical engineering systems and
components. You will learn the process of
engineering design and the role that
manufacturing processes and systems have in the
production of engineered products.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
COURSE NAME: A Level English Language
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 4 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
plus grade 6+ in English Language or English
Literature
It is the systematic study of your own language;
rather like a cross between a traditional subject
such as geography, where you will have to absorb
a body of knowledge, and a science study, where
you will have to learn technical terms and
investigate language both in the classroom and
for yourself. You will study how language has
developed, has power in society and analyses
spoken as well as written texts. There are even
elements of sociology and psychology thrown in.
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
ENGLISH LITERATURE
COURSE NAME: A Level English Literature
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 4 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
plus grade 6+ in English Literature or English
Language
This is an opportunity to really delve into a whole
range of texts and engage in discussion about
the themes, characters and ideas. You will read a
wide range of both modern and older literature,
including Shakespearean and modern plays,
poetry and recent novels. You will use your
analytical skills to engage with language and
expression and your historical knowledge to
explore the contexts in which texts are produced.
FILM STUDIES
COURSE NAME: WJEC Eduqua A Level Film
Studies
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Media Studies (desirable)
Film Studies will appeal to you if are interested in
watching and analysing films. You will
investigate the film industry from a range of
styles and different time periods and learn more
about the industry and develop film-related
practical skills.
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FINANCE
COURSE NAME: Finance - Certificate and
Diploma
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English
You will cover a range of personal finance
topics which include bank accounts, credit cards,
mortgages and debt solutions. You will explore
how the finance industry works and the
regulators. You will be expected to work
independently, in pairs and in groups.
Occasionally you will present your work in class.
You need to have good analysis skills and be able
to pick out key facts from given information.
FRENCH
COURSE NAME: A Level French
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 4 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English plus grade 6+ in French
You will learn about the language and culture of
the Francophone world, including heritage,
literature, film and topical issues, and develop the
skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Modern language A Levels are highly regarded by
universities and employers alike and can open the
door to many exciting career pathways.
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
HISTORY
COURSE NAME: BTEC Extended Certificate in
Health and Social Care
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths
Health and Social Care is an exciting sector where no two days at work will ever be the same. You’ll be supporting individuals in a variety of ways to meet their everyday needs. Throughout the course, you will be building essential employability skills that include effective communication, how to work with others, and supporting equality and diversity. This course has two coursework units that are internally assessed and two units that are assessed by external examination.
COURSE NAME: AQA A Level History
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 4 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths plus a 6+ in History
You will acquire a broad range of historical
knowledge and understanding, including a sense
of development over time, and an
appreciation of the culture and attitudes of
societies other than our own. You will critically
evaluate a large body of material, including
evidence from contemporary sources and the
opinions of more recent historians.
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
MATHEMATICS
COURSE NAME: A Level Mathematics
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 3 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English, grade 7+ in Maths plus grade
5+ in Statistics
In this course, you will study Pure Mathematics, Statistics and Mechanics. The content taught builds on work covered as part of the Higher GCSE Mathematics course and incorporates new mathematical topics such as differentiation, integration, parametric equations, hypothesis testing, statistical distributions, forces and moments. Pupils can expect to be entered for AS Level Mathematics at the end of Year 12. They take the A Level Mathematics examination at the end of Year 13.
MEDIA STUDIES
COURSE NAME: AQA A Level Media Studies
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including 5+ in English and 5+ in Media
This course will engage you in an in-depth study
of media products; language, representation,
industries and audiences. You will develop your
practical skills, which will allow you to apply the
media theory that you have learnt. This will be in
the form of a cross-media campaign based on a
set of design briefs. You will study a range of
products from all media forms.
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PERFORMING ARTS CERTIFICATE
COURSE NAME: BTEC Level 3 Extended
Certificate in Performing Arts
LEVEL: Level 3 (Equivalent to 1 A Level)
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 4 GCSEs grade 9 - 4
including English & Performing Arts
Performing Arts single is a two year course that
will enable you to develop practical skills and
have an in depth study of performance for stage
and screen in four areas. Investigating
practitioners and professional work, developing
skills and techniques for live performance, group
performance workshop and improvisation.
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
PERFORMING ARTS DIPLOMA
COURSE NAME: BTEC Level 3 Diploma in
Performing Arts
LEVEL: Level 3 (Equivalent to 2 A Levels)
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 4 GCSEs grade 9 - 4
including English & Performing Arts
Performing Arts double is a two year course that will enable you to develop practical skills and gain an in depth study of performance for stage and screen in eight areas. Investigating practitioners and professional work, developing skills and techniques for live performance, group performance workshop improvisation, performing arts in the community, individual performance commission, musical theatre techniques and final live performance to an audience.
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
PHOTOGRAPHY
COURSE NAME: Photography
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English, Maths & Art/Photography.
Grade 4+ will be considered through interview,
supported by previous teacher reference
You will develop a wide range of practical
photographic skills using traditional film and
digital cameras. You will learn about processing
and post production techniques that are taught
using a darkroom and Photoshop software.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
COURSE NAME: Physical Education
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths
You will use a range of skills to cover both
practical and theoretical concepts relating to
participating in sport, health and fitness, the
history of sport and its importance in society. This
course will be assessed through coursework and
final examinations. The examinations make up
70% of the course and the coursework 30%.
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
PRODUCT DESIGN
COURSE NAME: A Level Product Design
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including Maths & Science plus a grade 6+ in
Design Technology or a Merit in Engineering
You will engage in both practical and theoretical
study. During the course, you will cover design
and technology skills and knowledge
including: technical principles (material
properties and mechanisms) and designing and
making principles (use of hand tools and
machinery).
PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE NAME: A Level Psychology
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths plus a grade 6+ in
Science
Psychology is the scientific study of the human
mind and behaviour. Compulsory content looks
at research methods and social psychology (why
people conform/obey, how to resist social
influence), and psychopathology (how to
explain and treat depression, OCD and phobias).
There are also specialised units such as eating
d isorder , re lat ionship and forensic
psychology.
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
SCIENCE
COURSE NAME: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National
Extended Certificate in Applied Science
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 4 GCSEs grade 9 - 4
including English & Maths, plus a grade 6+ in
Combined Science
This qualification offers an engaging programme
that combines theory and practical work of the
three sciences, biology, chemistry and physics.
The course is delivered over two years and
combines both external examination and
coursework units.
SOCIOLOGY
COURSE NAME: A Level Sociology
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 5 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including Maths & Science plus a grade 6+ in
English
During this course you will look at different
aspects of the social world. Topics can include:
Social Media - ‘What impact does the internet
have on social relations?’ Crime and Deviance -
‘Why are some people more likely to commit
crime than others.’ Culture, Socialisation and
Identity - ‘Who and what has influenced my
identity?’ Plus researching society and inequality
within it.
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LEVEL 3 SPORT
COURSE NAME: BTEC Sport - Diploma
LEVEL: Level 3
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 4 GCSEs grade 9 - 5
including English & Maths plus a grade 5+ or a
minimum of a merit in GCSE PE or BTEC Sports
studies
You will develop your subject knowledge of the
sporting world, covering every aspect of sport,
health and fitness. You will also use practical
skills, develop confidence through officiating and
coaching younger children, as well as taking part
in a variety of fitness tests and training methods.
