Sport and Physical Activity: Coaching Pathway Level 3 Extended Diploma Full-time (FSPT)

This course is perfect if you want a career in sports or fitness, like being a coach, PE teacher, or personal trainer. You’ll learn how to organise and run sports activities, and gain skills for university or jobs in sports and health.

Course duration: Two years with an optional third year

Course themes:

• Exercise, health and lifestyles

• Preparing for a career in sport and

• Physical activity
• Sports coaching
• Work experience
• Fitness training and programming
• Fitness testing for sport and exercise
• Coaching special populations
• Sports nutrition
• The athletes lifestyle

Assessment will occur continually throughout the programme. You will have unit assignments to complete and will be assessed on your practical ability. You will also have time-constrained assignments, as well as oral presentations. Each individual unit and the full award are graded at Pass, Merit or Distinction.

• You will require five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including GCSE English.
• Or Level 2 in Sport with a Merit/Distinction profile plus English at grade 4 or above.
• Other requirements – As your studies will involve you working with and coaching children, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (formerly known as Criminal Record Bureau check).
• You will need to be actively involved in playing, officiating or coaching as part of a team for the Barnsley College Sports Academy during the course.
• You will be committed to completing a minimum of 60 hours of work placement annually.

All Sport and Public Services students will be expected to wear a Barnsley Sports Academy (BSA) hooded top* and polo shirt*, along with dark tracksuit bottoms and sports trainers. During practical sessions, kit will consist of a Barnsley Sports Academy t-shirt*, dark shorts and sports trainers. Non-regulation clothing/footwear is not permitted. Students will also require ring-binders, writing materials, paper/stationery and core textbooks. Barnsley Sports Academy clothing marked with an asterisk(*) can be purchased from the Sports Centre Reception.

This qualification is designed to enable candidates to progress into Higher Education. Alternatively, you may wish to enter employment within the sports industry.