Sport Coaching and Development- BTEC Level 3

Offered as Extended Certificate (worth 1 A-level) and National Diploma (worth 2 A-levels).

This qualification has been developed in consultation with employers and professional bodies. This ensures that the content is appropriate and consistent with current industry practice to enable learners to enter employment directly in a sports coaching role. Higher-education institutions have been consulted to ensure that the qualification allows appropriate progression for those aspiring to higher-level study.

This is a career-focused qualification with industry endorsement and accreditation. It enables learners to develop underpinning knowledge and technical skills and to gain experience as an assistant coach.

The mandatory content allows learners to develop their technical skills, supported by underpinning knowledge, and provides the opportunity for learners to relate these to the sports coaching and development industry.

Learners will gain the knowledge and applied skills to work with different customers in sports development programmes, understand how best to impact participation and improve performance skills, and develop the knowledge and skills needed to be self-employed in the coaching and development sector. Learners will also select one unit from a range of options allowing them to specialise in areas such as nutrition, officiating, organising sports and fitness events and school sports delivery.