Social Studies Department

BTEC Health and Social Care Homework Policy

Homework Assignment Tasks for BTEC Level 2 Health and Social Care:

Year 10
Mr Croft:	MTR [Pass, Merit or Distinction]
Unit One: Communications Skills …. 5 Credits CRO Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 and Task 4	MTR 1 MTR 3 MTR 5
Unit Two: Individual Rights ………5 Credits CRO Task 1 Task 2 Task 3	MTR 7 MTR 9 MTR 11
Mrs Lowson:
Unit Eight: Human Development …10 Credits SLO Task 1 Task 2 & Task 3 Task 4 & Task 5 Task 6 & Task 7 Task 8 & Task 9 Task 10	MTR 2 MTR 4 MTR 6 MTR 8 MTR 10 MTR 12
Year 11
Mr Croft:
Unit Four: Health and Safety ……..5 Credits CRO Task 1 Task 2a Task 2b	MTR 1 MTR 3 MTR 5
Mrs Lowson:
Unit Three: Individual Needs ……..5 Credits SLO Task 1 Task 2 Task 3	MTR 2 MTR 4 MTR 6
Final Reworking of assignments: Unit One ……..CRO Unit Eight a] …SLO Unit Two……. CRO Unit Eight b] …SLO Unit Four …….CRO Unit Three ….. SLO	MTR 7 MTR 8 MTR 9 MTR 10 MTR 11 MTR 12

Marking policy for:
Health and Social Care BTEC Level 2 [Extended Certificate]
Public Services BTEC Level 3 [Subsidiary Diploma]

Summative marking for MTR and the final assessment of BTEC assignments will be denoted as:

PASS	The student accurately describes required or relevant information.
MERIT	The student explains the meaning of key concepts and the causes and meaning of the events or information cited.
DISTINCTION	The student is able to construct a reasoned evaluation of the events and information, drawing comparisons and conclusions of their own

Formative marking will be denoted as:

WORKING TOWARDS PASS	The student is making mistakes in the transcribing of information or in the selection of information that is relevant.
WORKING TOWARDS MERIT	The student is transcribing and selecting relevant information, but is not explaining why it is relevant or important and has used key concepts without explaining them in simpler terms.
WORKING TOWARDS DISTINCTION	The student is presenting the required information and offers sensible explanations for its meaning and significance, but draws few comparisons or conclusions of their own. The work is not distinguished by evidence of their own research or creativity.

Formative marking will be given informally as the students work on assignment tasks in school, under the teacher supervision required for coursework attestation.

Research preparation will be checked and suggestions made on its depth and accuracy. The student’s ‘log book’, of their activities on any given assignment will periodically be reviewed.

First drafts of each task will be returned to the student with suggestions, before the assigned task is collected for summative comment. This will then be entered on the MTR

Once all the tasks for an Assignment have been completed Learner feedback sheets will be issued with comment on how to improve the standard of the work, if it is below Distinction.

Internal verification will take place of the assessment decisions made on 4 Learner Feedback sheets per Assignment - and these will be retained for verification by others.

Students will have a last opportunity to submit improved work. This will then be graded.