Sport and Exercise Science Level 3

At the Academy for Sport, we have over 25 sport delivery staff including teachers, coaches and learning facilitators all ready to support your learning journey.

Each member of the team has their own specialist subjects that they will be teaching you, for example we have specialists in Anatomy, Massage, Coaching, Psychology, Biomechanics, Nutrition, Fitness Testing, Fitness Training and much more.

We have up to date industry experience to share with you and the energy and enthusiasm to help you to get where you need to be.

You'll study at our Academy for Sport, where our facilities are among the best in the country and include:

·        Classrooms equipped with integrated IT

·        Sports science and sports therapy facilities

·        Performance lab

·        3G and 4G pitches

·        Indoor athletics track

·        Sports hall

·        Strength and conditioning gym

·        Massage suite

·        Aerobics suite

·        Gym

·        Boxing ring

This course will allow you to progress onto university after two years
with between 48 and 168 UCAS points depending on your grade. The requirements of the qualification will mean that you develop the transferable and higher-order skills that are highly regarded by higher education and employers. For example, the study of sport and exercise science particularly encourages the development of skills and behaviours such as teamwork, leadership, problem solving, creative thinking, research, performance analysis, resilience, evaluation, analysis and synthesising concepts. These skills are developed through the variety of approaches to teaching and learning enabled by the specification.

The qualification carries UCAS points and is recognised by higher education providers as meeting admission requirements to many relevant sports and sports-related courses, for example in the last three years we have had students’ progress from us to gain places to further their studies in:

• Sport and Exercise Science BSc Honours at Newcastle University
• Sport and Exercise Sciences BSc (Hons) at Durham University
• Sport Coaching BSc (Hons) at Northumbria University Newcastle
• Sports and Exercise Therapy BSc (Hons) at York St John University
• Physiotherapy BSc (Hons) at University of Birmingham
• BSc (Hons) Sport Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University
• Paramedic Science and Out of Hospital Care BSc (Hons) at Sunderland University
• Nursing (Child) BSc (Hons) at Sheffield Hallam University

With examples of Matthew Cuthbert working for the Football Association as a Physical Performance Coach, Matthew Jenkinson as a Sports Technical Specialist at York St John University and Molly Collinson running her won successful business as a Performance Coach, Nutritionist & Private Vegan Chef - Specialising in Sport Science and Plant Based Nutrition.

This course is free to those aged under 19 years old.
Most people aged 19 years and over can qualify for free or reduced price course fees and there are grants and bursaries you can apply for to help cover the costs of coming to college, depending on your circumstances.

If you already have a full level 3 qualification and are aged 19 years over, you can apply for an Advanced Learning Loan or pay the fee upfront in full and qualify for a 10% discount.

You can get more information at our enrolment events, by calling 0191 490 2246 or email us at start@gateshead.ac.uk

Reading Football Cub state they they believe that this qualification "would develop the required knowledge and specialist skills to enable students to progress through to the next stage of their development. We employ a range of staff to work in our first team, academy and community departments. Such roles include; Sports Scientists, Assistant Sports Scientist, Analyst, Physiotherapy and Performance Coach."

Sheffield Hallam University state that they "welcome the inclusion of external assessment (exams) in these qualifications. Also, the introduction of a larger mandatory core, comprising over half of each qualification, will provide students with a solid foundation. This means that all students will study a broad and common element of content, and therefore the wide range of options offered in the larger qualifications will be helpful in allowing students to explore areas in which they may wish to specialise at degree level."

Whatever support you need, we’re here for you and will make sure you get the most out of your time at college.

We have expert teams in place to look after every single one of our students.

Our specialist teams can help with:

• Learning difficulties
• Physical and sensory disabilities
• Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome or other specific learning difficulties
• Mental health and well being
• Exam access arrangements
• Money, finance and bursary advice
• Careers advice, job and university applications

Find out more here, pop into one of our enrolment events or call us on  0191 426 4329.