National Extended Certificate in Sport

Who is this qualification for?

The Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Sport is intended to be an Applied General qualification for post16 students who aim to progress to higher education and ultimately to employment, possibly in the sport sector. The qualification is equivalent in size to 1 A Level and aims to provide a coherent introduction to study of the sport sector at this level.

What does the qualification cover?

The content of this qualification has been developed in consultation with academics to ensure that it supports progression to higher education.

The following mandatory units must be taken:

Anatomy and Physiology. Assignments – Written exam set and marked by the exam board.
Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Wellbeing. Tasks - set and marked by the exam board.
Professional Development in the Sport Industry - Internally assessed by the department and sent to external moderator.
 

In addition, students choose optional units from a range that has been designed to support choices in progression to sport courses in HE. They cover content areas such as:

Application of fitness testing
Sport psychology
Practical sports performance
Sports leadership.

What could this qualification lead to?

Study of sport particularly encourages the development of skills and behaviours such as teamwork, leadership, 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 will support entry to HE courses in a very wide range of disciplines, for students wishing to study an aspect of sport in HE, opportunities could include:

BA (Hons) in Sport Studies and Business, if taken alongside Business and Mathematics
BSC (Hons) in Sport Psychology, if taken alongside Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Applied Science and A Level in Psychology
BA (Hons) in Sports Education and Special and Inclusive Education, if taken alongside an A Level in English Language and Drama & Theatre Studies.
BA (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science, if taken alongside a Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Applied Science.
 

If you have any questions, please speak to Mr Hill or email c.hill@gateacre.org

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