The Sports Leadership Award gives you the skills required to lead groups in safe sporting and recreational activity. It encourages you to take responsibility for others, develops your organisational and communication skills and builds your confidence if leading groups in sporting activities is a new experience for you. The majority of the course is practical in nature with an emphasis on learning through doing, rather than through written work.
We highly recommend a Specialist Qualification or A Level Sport students undertake this course to complement their studies.
A student who is responsible, interested in young people and wants to develop their leadership skills.
A GCSE or Specialist Qualification in Sport.
The Sports Leadership Award syllabus is divided into six units as follows:
Unit 1 – Leadership Skills for a Sports Leader
Unit 2 – Adapting Sport/Activity Sessions to be Inclusive
Unit 3 – Safeguarding Sport/Activity Participants
Unit 4 – Plan, Lead and Evaluate Sport/Activity Sessions – including 10 hours leadership in a local primary school.
Unit 5 – Assist in Organising and Leading a Sporting Event
Unit 6 – The Benefits of Physical Activity to a Healthy Lifestyle
There are comprehensive revision and support materials online.
The Higher Sports Leadership Award is a nationally recognised qualification which enables successful learners to lead unsupervised groups of people in sport and recreational activities. This qualification builds upon the skills and experience gained through leadership experience. The qualification teaches generic leadership skills such as organisation, planning, communication and teamwork through the medium of sport.
It complements the Specialist Qualification and A Level sport courses and some of the units and evidence overlap between the courses. It also allows you to add to your Curriculum Vitae, gain references for organisations outside of school and provides you with UCAS points.
You will need regular and current experience in sports leadership which can be at a school club or a local club. You will also need to complete a National Governing Body Award and a First Aid qualification which we will help you organise when you are on the course.
A GCSE or Specialist Qualification in Sport.
Unit 1 – Developing Leadership Skills
Unit 2 – Provision of Sport within the Community – including 10 hours leadership in a community club
Unit 3 – Lead Sessions Designed to Improve Fitness
Unit 4 – Organise and Lead a Sports Event or Competition
Unit 5 – Legal and Ethical Responsibilities when Working with Others
Unit 6 – Lead Sports/Activity Sessions for Children – including 10 hours leadership in academic coaching time
Unit 7 – Lead Sports/Activity Sessions for Older People – including 10 hours leadership of older people.
