Sport Performance and Excellence Certificate Level 2

Entry Requirements

Academic Requirements:

• Four GCSE's at grade 3 or above, including English language and maths.

Additional Requirements:

• Completion of online ‘Easton Applicant Information Form’.
• Two references (one from your coach and one from your school or place of work).
• Attendance at a Curriculum Taster Day.
• Attendance at a Performance and Excellence Taster Day (for either rugby, football, golf, or individual pathway), to check athletic ability and sports performance are at a suitable level for the programme.
• You will be required to complete a Pre-Enrolment Task, to provide an indication into your academic ability and attitudes towards learning.
• Regular participation in a sport at the highest level for your ability. Evidence of this may be required.

How You Will Be Assessed

You will be assessed through a variety of methods including some externally assessed core units and internally assessed mandatory and optional units. Assessment methods could include assignments, research projects, presentations, roles players, group discussions.

Units of study will include:

• Unit 1 – Fitness for Sport , Exercise (External Exam)
• Unit 7 – Anatomy and Physiology (External Exam)
• Unit 2 – Practical Sport Performance (Compulsory Unit)

Other units of study may include the following:

• Unit 3 – The Mind and Sport Performance
• Unit 4 - The Sports Performer in Action
• Unit 5 - Training for Personal Fitness
• Unit 6 – Leading Sport Activities
• Unit 9 - Lifestyle and Wellbeing
• Unit 10 - Injury and the Sports Performer

Course Progression

The Sport Performance and Excellence Certificate Level 2 may provide the knowledge, skills and understanding for Level 2 learners to progress to other Level 2 vocational qualifications and related competence-based qualifications for the Sport sector, or Level 3 vocational qualifications, such as BTEC Nationals, specifically the Pearson BTEC Level 3 National in Sport. To progress onto a higher level of study, you will need to achieve an overall Merit (which includes a L2 Pass grade in the Anatomy and Physiology and Fitness exams), attendance of over 90% across the academic year, positive behaviours and attitudes to learning, as well as English and Maths at grade 4 or above.

Where Your Course Can Take You

This course may provide you with the opportunity to enter employment within a wide range of junior job roles across the sport development and leadership sector. Junior job roles include: community sport coach, activity leader or multi-sport coach.

Fees

If you are a UK or home fee status student and aged 16-18 on the 31st August before the start of your course, tuition fees are free. If you are aged 19 and over fees may be payable.

There will be costs for uniform of approximately £100 and specific pathway fees.

Financial support could be available depending on your circumstances.

Please check our Finance pages for fee information and any financial help that may be available.