Designed for post-16 learners aspiring to enter the coaching and development sector, this qualification serves as a direct pathway to self-employment as a coach. With a diverse range of optional content, the course provides flexibility, enabling learners to broaden their horizons and explore various
DurationThe sports sector is a fast-growing industry. It is currently worth £39 billion to the economy and continues to grow annually. Coaching is an area that continues to expand, with up to 3.1 million adults in England estimated to have coached sport or physical activity in the previous 12 months, providing 7.6 million coach-led participation experiences per week.
Designed for post-16 learners aspiring to enter the coaching and development sector, this qualification serves as a direct pathway to self-employment as a coach. With a diverse range of optional content, the course provides flexibility, enabling learners to broaden their horizons and explore various higher education opportunities.
Whether you're looking to kickstart your coaching career or pursue further studies, this qualification offers a solid foundation for those seeking a dynamic and versatile entry point into the field.
This is a two-year programme, learners undertake the National Foundation Diploma in year 1 and then progress on to the Extended Diploma in year 2.
Extended Diplomas have two one-year programmes. You need to finish the first year before moving on to the second.
What Will I Study?
This qualification, developed in consultation with employers and professional bodies, is a career-focused program with industry endorsement and accreditation. It prepares post-16 learners for direct entry into employment in sports coaching roles, ensuring content alignment with current industry practices. Higher education institutions have been involved to facilitate progression for those aspiring to advanced studies.
Endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), this qualification is fully mapped to CIMSPA's professional standards of 'Assistant Coach' and 'Safeguarding and Protecting Children.' CIMSPA's endorsement enables learners to apply for membership, recognized by employers for entering employment as assistant coaches.
The course, exemplified by assisting in multi-skills sports activities in schools and leisure centres, includes mandatory units focusing on careers in the sports industry, health, well-being, and sport, along with developing coaching skills.
This comprehensive program integrates technical coaching skills with essential industry knowledge, preparing learners for practical application in the sports coaching sector.
What Will I Need?
You will need:
Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English Language, Maths and Science or PE or an equivalent Level 2 qualification at Merit (and Functional Skills in English and Maths at Level 2/GCSE English Language and Maths at grade 4 or above)
All applicants must have an interview and assessment to confirm that the course is suitable for them.
How Will I Be Assessed?
Assessment is continuous throughout the year through completing written assignments and projects as well as performing practical work that is assessed internally within the college. There will also be some written examinations, assessed externally via Pearson, the BTEC awarding body.
Our history can be traced back to 1828, when the Grove House School began offering education to residents of Tottenham, noted for its advanced curriculum and refusal to use corporal punishment.
The school, now part of the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, produced several well-known alumni, including 11 future UK MPs. In the 1890s, the Westminster Technical Institute was established, offering courses in the building and plumbing trades, carriage-building, and elementary subjects, before opening the UK’s first school of hospitality in 1910.
This rich history culminated in the group’s formation in 2016, bringing together three colleges with eleven centres across central and north London, working primarily in Islington, Camden, Westminster, Haringey and Enfield, but with students and apprentices coming from across London and the south east.
Today, CCCG’s colleges train over 25,000 students every year, equipping them with the academic and vocational skills and knowledge they need to progress into employment or higher education.
The group’s diverse alumni include household names such as renowned chefs, Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott and Anthony Worral Thompson, award-winning performer Paloma Faith, actors Jessie Wallace, Zawe Ashton, and Steve McFadden, presenters Maya Jama, Trevor Nelson, and Reggie Yates, and Olympians, Lina and Laviai Nielsen.
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