OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES

The Occupational Studies awards:

•  Are designed to be accessible to a wide range of learners;
• Help to raise levels of achievement, allowing learners to apply their knowledge in practical, work-related situations and contexts;
• Emphasize learning by doing, which helps learners to develop important transferable skills;
• Facilitate learning with an occupational and employability focus at Key Stage 4 and beyond;
• Allow learners to achieve an award at NQF Level 2 (the same level as a GCSE at A*-C) depending on their
• performance in the assessment;
• Are flexible enough to meet specific industries’ needs while providing a coherent and balanced qualification; and
• Enable progression to other courses and to training and
• Employment.

 
Level 1 (equivalent to) - grades D-G
Level 2 (equivalent to) - grades A-C
 

Occupational courses studied at St. Patrick’s Academy:

• Construction
• Digital Imagery
• Catering​