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Pre-Access Nursing, Education, Social Science

Start Date

01/09/2026

End Date

25/06/2027

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Course Level

Level 2

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Part-Time

Course Ref

AAHEP207 (2026/2027)

Location

Accrington & Rossendale College - Accrington & Rossendale College, Broad Oak Campus, Broad Oak Road, Accrington, BB5 2AS

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Course Overview Description

This course is designed as a springboard for students to develop the knowledge and academic skills needed to progress on to the Access to Higher Education Diploma (Level 3).
Gain knowledge and understanding across all areas of the health and care sector, or in one chosen specialism.

What Will I Learn

Learners will cover a mixture of sector-specific and general care topics, such as:
• Professional behaviours, understanding the role of care professions, health and safety and more
• Communication and person-centred care approaches
• Social Psychology
• Mental Health and Wellbeing

How Is The Course Delivered

This course is delivered face to face.

Learning will be undertaken within lessons where you will be required to create a portfolio of work. The portfolio which will include a range of assessment methods such as written assignments, observations, practical activities, presentations and work booklets.

Entry Requirements

GCSE at grade 3 (Grade D) or above for Maths and English (Level 1 Functional Skills are accepted).

How Learning Assessed

You will be required to create a portfolio of work which will include a range of assessment methods such as written assignments, observations, practical activities, presentations and work booklets.

Additional Information

Progression on the course is closely monitored through regular one-to-one meetings with tutors who provide academic feedback and support to support learners as they meet their targets.
Students also have dedicated ADPT sessions (Academic Development, Progression and Tutorial) to discuss overall progress, set personal goals and address any challenges affecting their studies or wellbeing, ensuring each learner receives 360 degree support throughout their journey.

Alongside completing this course, you will be required to attend lessons for Maths and English to obtain a Grade 4 (Grade C) or Level 2 Functional Skills at a Pass.

What Careers

The next step of this course is to join one of our Access to Higher Education courses.

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Other Courses

This course is designed to allow you to progress onto an Access to Higher Education course with us.

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The online application and enrolment process is really simple, once you have clicked the “APPLY" or "ENROL” button you will be redirected to the portal where you either log in or create an account (if you haven’t done so previously). We will then ask you to give us a couple of bits of information like address, mobile phone number ect and that’s it.

Once your applications has been made the next step will be for you to book yourself onto one of our interview evenings, depending on availability you might be able to do this straight away but otherwise we will get in contact to arrange when you come in for an interview.

At any point you can log back into the portal throughout the year, update information like your predicted GCSE grades, update contact and consent information and keep a live track of your application.

If you have any questions or run into any problems when using the portal please get in contact with us and we will help