Cambridge National in Health and Social Care (2022): Changes from the draft specification

Section

Change

Version and date issued

R035 Topic Area 1, 1.3
Updates to Exemplification

Approved Version 1: December 2021

Section 5.4: Grading and awarding grades

Updated 'Teach Cambridge' reference to Interchange

Section 6.2: Requirements and guidance for delivering and marking the OCR-set
assignments

Updated section 6.2 to add that set assignments will be published in June each year, for teaching from the following September

Section 6.3 Feedback

This section has been updated to clarify feedback permitted and some examples have been added

Section 7.5.2 Making final unit entries

Updated 'Teach Cambridge' reference to Interchange

Appendix A

The permitted file size for ‘Image’ has been amended to 15 MB

Section

Change

Version and date issued

Section 2.1: Qualification overview

Section 7.2: Terminal

assessment

Wording has been added to confirm that all work submitted (or re-submitted) must be based on the assignment that is live for the submission series.

Draft Version 3: October 2021

Section 4.2: Unit R032

R032 Topic Area 3, 3.5

Minor changes to Teaching Content

Section 4.3: Unit R033

Marking Criteria Assessment guidance

R033 Topic Area 1, 1.1

Changes to Teaching content and Exemplification

Topic Area 1 Minor changes to Marking Criteria The Guidance has been updated

Section 4.4: Unit R034

Marking Criteria

Assessment guidance

R034 Topic Area 1, 1.1

Minor changes to Exemplification

Topic Area 2 and Topic Area 3 minor changes to Marking Criteria

The Guidance has been updated

Section 4.5: Unit R035

Marking Criteria Assessment guidance

R035 Topic Area 1, 1.2

Minor changes to Teaching Content

Topic Area 1 minor changes to Marking Criteria The Guidance has been updated

Section 5: Overview of the assessment

This section has been updated to clarify that the GLH includes assessment time for each unit.

Section 6.2: Requirements and guidance for delivering and marking the OCR-set assignments

Wording added to clarify that we will replace the set assignments each year.

Section 6.3.7: Interview Authentication Form

New section added

Section 6.3.8: Presentation of the final piece of work

Renumbered, previously 6.3.7

Section 6.4.4: Resubmitting moderated work for (summative) assessment to improve the grade

A paragraph has been added to confirm that Resubmission of the same work must be in a series that falls in the live assessment dates for the assignment on which the work is based.

All

References to secure portal have been amended to read secure website ‘Teach Cambridge’

Section

Change

Version and date issued

Section 2: Qualification overview Section 6.4.4: Resubmitting moderated work for (summative) assessment to improve the grade before submitting a final mark Section 7.2: Terminal Assessment

Wording added to clarify: For Non examined assessed (NEA) units, there is one resubmission opportunity.

Draft Version 2: July 2021

Section 2.3: Purpose statement

The purpose statement has been updated to add clarity on the topic areas included in each unit.

The progression routes diagram has now been included here (which has resulted in the removal of Section 8).

Section 4.2: Unit R032

Assessment Guidance – Externally Assessed (EA) unit

Removal of references to ‘early years’. Content added to Topic Areas 2.1 and 2.2 regarding person-centred values of care.

Removed ‘written communication’ from Topic Area 3: Effective communication in health and social care settings.

Further details of external assessment added.

Section 4.3: Unit R033

Assessment Guidance

Minor changes to content wording.

The guidance has been updated.

Section 4.4: Unit R034

Assessment Guidance

This unit has been renumbered as a result of the removal of the Emergency Care unit.

Removal of references to ‘early years’.

The guidance has been updated.

Section 4.5: Unit R035

Assessment Guidance

This unit has been renumbered as a result of the removal of the Emergency Care unit.

Minor changes to content wording in Topic Area 1.3: Current health promotion campaigns and their benefits.

The guidance has been updated.

Section 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5: NEA Marking criteria

Section 6.4.1 Use of a ‘best fit’ approach to marking criteria

Statement added to clarify that if a student’s work does not meet Mark Band 1 (MB1) criteria for any task, you must award zero marks for that task.

Section 5.1: Overview of the assessment

Materials permitted for external assessment clarified.

Section 5.4: Grading and awarding grades

A table has been added showing Raw marks and UMS marks for each unit.

Section 6.3 Feedback

This section has been updated to clarify feedback permitted and some examples have been added.

Appendix B: Command words

Definition of ‘Create’ has been added. Definition of ‘Explain’ has been updated.

All

Minor changes have been made to wording and formatting throughout the Specification.