Changes to Qualifications for September 2025 : New College Doncaster

Following a review of Level 3 Applied General qualifications by the Department for Education earlier this year, we will change specifications for new students joining us in September 2025 on the following courses:

Applied Human Biology
Applied Science
Children’s Play, Learning and Development
Health and Social Care (single)
IT

Details of the changes can be found below. Students who currently have a conditional offer to study one of the above qualifications will have their offers transferred onto the new specification.

In most cases, the content and skills of the new specification are largely similar to the old specifications outlined in our printed prospectus.

All other qualifications are unchanged.

Applied Human Biology

	Previous qualification offered at New College	New qualification offered at New College for new starters in September 2025
Title	Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Applied Human Biology	Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Medical Science (AAQ)
Awarding Body	Pearson BTEC	Pearson BTEC
Units	Unit 1 – Principles of Applied Human Biology (Exam 25%) Unit 2 – Practical Microbiology and Infectious diseases (25%) Unit 3 – Human Biology and Health Issues (Exam 34%) Unit 7 – Biomedical Science (16%)	Unit 1 – Principles of Human Physiology, Anatomy and Pathology (Exam 25%) Unit 2 – Health Issues and Scientific Reporting (Exam 34%) Unit 3 – Practical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (25%) Unit 5 – Biomedical Science (25%)

Applied Science

	Previous qualification offered at New College	New qualification offered at New College for new starters in September 2025
Title	Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Applied Science	Cambridge Advanced National Extended Certificate in Applied Science (AAQ)
Awarding Body	Pearson BTEC	OCR
Units	Unit 1 – Principals and Applications of Science (Exam 25%) Unit 2 – Scientific Procedures and Techniques (25%) Unit 3 – Science Investigation Skills (Exam 34%) Unit 15 – Applications of Inorganic Chemistry (16%)	Unit F180 – Fundamentals of Science (Exam 25%) Unit F181 – Science in Society (approx 16%) Unit F182 – Investigating Science (25%) Unit F183 – Analytical Techniques in Chemistry (approx 16%) Unit F186 – Medical Physics (approx 16%)

Children’s Play, Learning and Development

	Previous qualification offered at New College	New qualification offered at New College for new starters in September 2025
Title	Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Children’s Play, Learning and Development	Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Early Childhood Development (AAQ)
Awarding Body	Pearson BTEC	Pearson BTEC
Units	Unit 1 – Children’s Development (Exam 34%) Unit 2 – Development of Children’s Communication, Literacy and Numeracy Skills (Exam 34%) Unit 3 – Play and Learning (16%) Unit 5 – Keeping Children Safe (16%)	Unit 1 – Children’s Development (Exam 25%) Unit 2 – Keeping Children Safe (Exam 25%) Unit 3 – Play and Learning (25%) Unit 4 – Research and Reflective Practice in the Early Childhood Setting (25%)

Health and Social Care (single)

	Previous qualification offered at New College	New qualification offered at New College for new starters in September 2025
Title	Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care	Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care (AAQ)
Awarding Body	Pearson BTEC	Pearson BTEC
Units	Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development (Exam 25%) Unit 2 – Working in Health and Social Care (Exam 34%) Unit 5 – Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs (25%) Unit 14 – Physiological Disorders and their Care (16%)	Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development (Exam 25%) Unit 2 – Human Biology and Health (Exam 25%) Unit 3 – Principles of Health and Social Care Practice (25%) Unit 5 – Promoting Health Education (25%)

Information Technology

	Previous qualification offered at New College	New qualification offered at New College for new starters in September 2025
Title	OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Introductory Diploma in IT	Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Information Technology (AAQ))
Awarding Body	OCR	Pearson BTEC
Units	Unit 1 – Fundamentals of IT (Exam 25%) Unit 2 – Global Information (Exam 25%) Unit 5 – Virtual and Augmented Reality (approx 16%) Unit 18 – Computer Hardware (approx 16%) Unit 13 – Social Media and Digital Marketing (approx 16%)	Unit 1 – Information Technology Systems (Exam 34%) Unit 2 – Cyber Security and Incident Management (Exam 34%) Unit 3 – Website Development (16%) Unit 4 – Relational Database Development (16%)