Athletics Academy

If you live, breathe and sleep athletics, then we’re the college for you.

You can study any of our full time school leaver programmes in sport or any other subject, including A Levels and become a member of our Athletics Academy.

You’ll develop the knowledge and expertise you need to go on to university or straight into work or an apprenticeship and gain a nationally recognised qualification whilst training and competing every week to develop your athletics skills.

Roll of Honour

Jordan Beavers – North Eastern 60m, 100m & Long Jump Champion – Working as a Sprints & Jumps coach.
Reece Slater – Great North 5k Winner. Awarded a $50,000 scholarship to Palm Beach Atlantic University in the USA. (Studying Exercise Science B.S.)
Ellie O’Halloran – UK School Games Shot Putt Champion – Studying Sports Coaching at Sunderland University and accepted on their Elite Athlete Programme.
Charlie Myers (Pole Vault) - National Champion, North East Champion, Scottish Champion, English Schools National Champion, represented Great Britain at the European Junior Championships & World Junior Championships
Yasmin Othman (Javelin) - North East Champion 2016
Olivia Bateman (Endurance Runner) - North East Cross Country Champion, 12^th English Schools Cross Country Championships 2016
Adam Graham (Shot Putt) - selected to represent England in indoor & outdoor shot putt

Getting the opportunity to train while I was studying towards my BTEC was perfect for me. I got top quality coaching and a training programme that was tailored just for me.

Charlie Myers, now studying Sport Science at Northumbria University

Athletics Academy Coach

Chris Warnock

With over 20 years of experience, Chris is a Level 3 athletics coach, a Level 3 United Kingdom Athletics (UKA) strength and conditioning coach and an England Athletics Lead Tutor.

Chris has vast experience in coaching full athletics programmes and has coached a host of athletes in sprints, hurdles, middle distance track, jumps and throws, multi events and cross country at both county level and the North Eastern Championships. As a junior athlete, Chris represented the county in multi events and the 400m.