Health and Social Care

In the social care industry, you’ll provide a range of services to support both children and adults. Possible careers include social work, social-care work, care management, occupational therapy, or other related professions.

In clinical roles, you could be working in local GP surgeries, pharmacies, or hospitals, in a wide range of possible professions that include nursing, midwifery, mental health, and healthcare science.

The projects and assignments that you’ll complete are all based on realistic workplace situations and activities. You will learn in state-of-the-art industry-standard facilities. Each college has a hospital ward, a home care flat, and an immersive suite that can replicate a range of working environments.

This pathway has meaningful industrial placements in local settings with our network of partners, including our NHS partners, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

For students studying our Health: Adult Nursing T Level, you’ll be able to put everything you have learnt into practice with a substantial industry placement of around 45 days You’ll be given an amazing opportunity to work with an employer while you study, in a hospital or other healthcare setting. During this this time you will gain invaluable skills that employers are looking for, whilst working on an employer-set project. You'll also benefit from guaranteed job interviews with our NHS partners.

We also offer the AAQ Advanced National Health and Social Care (Extended Certificate) as part of our A-level offer.

As of 2020, if you go on to a degree-level nursing, midwifery, or allied health course at university, you are guaranteed a £5,000 per year bursary to help with living costs. This does not need to be paid back!