Timeline of what’s happened so far Health and Social Care and Childcare Reform Timeline of what’s happened so far September 2015 – March 2016: Sector review: Health & Social Care and Childcare July 2016: Review Report published January – August 2017: procurement process to commission awarding bodies to develop the new qualifications March 2017: determination to restrict is published September 2017: Qualifications Wales (QW) announced the consortium of City & Guilds and WJEC would deliver the new suite of qualifications   1

L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 1. GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare 3. Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts 12. Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory 4. Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) 13. Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice 7. Certificate and Diploma in Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts 5. Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) 6. Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People) 15. Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice 14. Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory 9. Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care 16. Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development 10. Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice 18. Leadership and Management of Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice 8. Health and Social Care with Specialism 17. Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development with Specialism 2. Health and Social Care: Core 11. Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Core Key = The core qualification must be taken prior to or along side this qualification = Knowledge based qualification = Practice based qualification 7a. Advanced GCE and Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Health and Social Care, and Childcare This slide places emphasis on the colours of the boxes. The presenter should focus on the progression of the individual learner. Remember that progression is not just a vertical step but is still of value sideways and even backwards. 2

of learners will be able to access a reformed qualification Change Management – Supporting providers to get ready for delivery Qualifications Wales announcement The following qualifications will be made available for first teaching from September 2019: GCSE Health, Social Care and Childcare Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core Level 2 Health and Social Care: Practice: (Adults) Level 2 Health and Social Care Principles and Contexts Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children & Young People) 80% of learners will be able to access a reformed qualification 80% of learners of all learners wanting to study a HSC, and Childcare qualification will be able to register on a reformed qualification from September 2019. Everyone involved in the content and assessment development process has worked tirelessly towards the shared goal of innovation and excellence. Everyone agrees that the most important thing is that the qualifications and support materials developed are of the highest standard and support the workforce to deliver world class person centred services. We have listened to feedback and revisited the recommendations from both the QW and the Estyn reviews and we are now refining the work completed so far in order to ensure that we have addressed issues such as duplication, assessment burden, adequate and appropriate stretch and challenge, portability and transferability. We are working diligently to ensure that the mandatory content in all the qualifications reflects the core knowledge, understanding and skills so that we can be confident that every learner completes these areas as the standard requirement. We are confident that this approach will reduce the complexity of the qualifications and will focus providers and learners on the areas that are of the utmost importance. Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Core Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice and Theory Level 3 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice 3

Qualifications Wales announcement Change Management – Supporting providers to get ready for delivery Qualifications Wales announcement In order to support a more phased approach to the implementation of the new suite of qualifications the following qualifications have been deferred GCE AS and A level in Health, Social Care and Childcare Level 3 Certificate/Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 4 Health and Social Care with Specialism Level 4 Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care Level 5 Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care Affecting fewer than Affect fewer than 1 in 5 learners Embed Level 2 to ease progression What does this mean for centres delivering GCE AS and A Level Health and Social Care, and Childcare qualification - The staggered approach to launch dates is likely to benefit centres as it allows teachers to familiarise themselves with new materials, assessment practices and content of the new GCSE from September 2019 prior to the introduction of the new AS and A level in September 2020. Learners registering for the As and A Level in September 2019 will register on the current WJEC AS and A Level in Health and Social Care What does this mean for centres delivering the Level 3 Certificate Diploma Health and Social Care: Principles and Context qualifications The staggered approach to launch dates is likely to benefit centres as it allows teachers to familiarise themselves with new materials, assessment practices and content of the new Level 2 HSC: Principles and Context qualifications from September 2019 prior to the introduction of the new Level 3 qualification in September 2020. Learners registering for Level 3 knowledge-based qualifications in Health and Social Care in September 2019 will register on the current BTEC National Health and Social Care qualifications (or available alternatives) What this means for centres delivering Level 4 and 5 Leadership and Management qualifications in Health and Social Care, and Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development The new L4 and L5 Leadership and Management qualifications will be available by September 2020, at the latest, and some may be available from January 2020. There will continue to be qualifications and routes available to learners during this period, including: City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for HSC Services City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for CCLD Level 4 University Certificate Step up to Management (Social Care Wales) What this means for centres intending to offer the L4 HSC, and CCPLD with Specialisms qualifications We continue to work with QW, SCW, NHS WEDS and others to consider the most appropriate approach to the development of these qualifications. This includes the range of specialisms to be offered and the size and structure of the qualifications. Level 3 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice and Theory Level 4 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development with Specialism Level 4 Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice Level 5 Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice Full suite available by September 2020 Work continues on the content and assessment development of these qualifications. We will release further information as soon as we can on www.healthandcarelearningwales 4