This occupation is found in the sport and physical activity sector in high-performance, community and school environments.
The broad purpose of the Sport Coach occupation is to use extensive technical and tactical sports knowledge and skills to design and deliver coaching programmes that engage, motivate and evolve participants’ skills and performance.
Sport coaches aim to provide meaningful and high-quality learning, development and performance experiences. They support the achievement of medals in talent, national and international competition, enrich performance in local competitions, increase participation, raise educational standards, enhance wellbeing and drive social change. Sport coaches can influence national wellness to reduce burden on the National Health Service.
Key Facts
Mode of Attendance:
The Apprenticeship course is normally full time, which might include attending college on a day release or your tutor visiting you in the workplace.
Level:
Higher Apprenticeship
Dates:
You have to be employed to start an Apprenticeship. You can either apply for one of our vacancies, or you can source your own employer.
Course Code:
AP4SSPC
The Programme
Includes
Regular formative assessment, development of a portfolio demonstrating learning and development activities with their application in the workplace and a work-based project. As part of the qualification, Apprentices must complete all units and be competent in real work environment.
- Design and deliver high-quality curriculum sessions
- Increase the school's physical activity levels
- Developing the use of technology in physical education sessions
- Managing equipment and resources
- Facilitating development regarding the coaching team
- Develop the learner's performance at a local and national level
- Target setting for learners through class and individual
- Collaborate with partnership schools to deliver intra and inter-school events
- Deliver extracurricular activities for Morning, Lunchtime or Afterschool
- One-to-one support for SEND and Gifted and Talented pupils
- Measure and evaluate the impact of coaching practice on school standards by comparing children’s results against local and national benchmarks.
- Creating a work based project to develop new/current coaching services
- Additional L4-5 study skills delivered by HE staff
Where you
can work
School Sport Apprentices are employed by their host school to support the delivery of Physical Education and School Sport.
The broad purpose of the Sport Coach occupation is to use extensive technical and tactical sports knowledge and skills to design and deliver coaching programmes that engage, motivate and evolve participants’ skills and performance.
Key
Information
- Enrolment process takes place once a year in June/July, start date of August, primarily based in the workplace.
- Within the first 18 months alternate week OTJ delivery on college site (K/S/B). Every other week K/S/B OTJ completed at work premises. Delivery will involve a combination of face to face and online delivery.
Awarding
Organisation
- End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) of choice is 1st4Sport (UK Coaching)
Additional
Information
Our delivery model includes college attendance for completion of the required Apprenticeship Standard and 1:1 support from your trainer assessor in the workplace. If functional skills are required, these are taught in college lessons.
Entry Requirements
& Functional Skills
- GCSE grades C/4 or above in English and Maths are exempt from Functional Skills
- Level 3 Sport Qualification/Coaching Experience
- If an Apprentice has not already achieved Level 2 (GCSE C/4 or above) English or Maths they must: -Study for and achieve Functional Skills Level 2 English OR Maths (Apprentices must have one or the other to be eligible)
- Initial Assessment on enrolment Level 1 Maths & English.
Qualification(s)
Obtained
L4 Apprenticeship Standard in Sports Coaching
L2 Functional Skills English and/or maths (if required)
Emergency First Aid At Work
StreetGames Workshops - Behaviour Management/Multi-Skills/Engaging Women and Girls in Sport
Progression
Opportunities
- L2 Team Leader/Supervisor / Early Years
- L3 Teaching Assistant
- HND in Sport and Exercise Science / Sp Coaching Blended Learning–L5 (Delivered through Lough Coll)
- BSc in Sports Coaching – Level 6
Training
Provided
On-programme is the learning phase for Apprentices to apply the academic theory to their own organisations and role, and to capture the skills, knowledge and behaviours developed on the programme and in the workplace. To achieve this, Apprentices need to complete off-the-job training during the on-programme phase of their Apprenticeship, this is tracked and monitored through our e-portfolio. This might be achieved through shadowing colleagues, E-learning, internal training and research as well as taught sessions by Loughborough College.
Disclaimer
Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information contained on this website is correct, the College accepts no liability for any errors or omissions. Please note that details are subject to change without notice with regard to the provision of courses, course times and dates and the fees and charges levied.