Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Sport

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An exciting and engaging course, which fully prepares students for their career in sport. This is an Applied General qualification, equivalent to three A-Levels. This two-year full time course will give you the knowledge, understanding, and expertise that underpin the study of sport, providing additional breadth and depth to fully prepare you for further study or training in the sector. This BTEC is a blend of both theory and practical learning, whereas theory is applyed to real-life localised sporting scenarios. At the beginning of this course, you will be instilled with an understanding of functional anatomy to form the basis of a solid foundation for further study. This firm grounding will be developed through many topics, including sports Psychology, Coaching for Performance and Sports Leadership.

What the Course Offers

◊ A supportive, nurturing and knowledgeable environment for aspirational sportspeople. ◊ Professional coaching in sport.

◊ Excellent classroom tuition on the theory of sport.

◊ Access to extensive sport facilites including indoor sports hall, fitness suite, swimming pool, racket courts, all-weather sports pitches, cricket nets and flood-lit facilities.

◊ Boarding opportunities will provide morning, evening and weekend access to fitness facilities and sports practice.

◊ Strength and conditioning support in a new world class fitness suite (due to open Jan 2025).

◊ Bespoke sports kit.

◊ Both academic and sporting career pathways supported. ◊ Scholarship opportunities

Course Content

◊ High performance units in sports fitness, leadership, performance, coaching and analysis.

◊ College 1st team sports opportunities, with potential to represent the College in local, county and national competitions.

◊ Coaching qualifications in major sport.

◊ Officiating opportunities.

◊ Coaching, supporting and leading senior College sports teams.

◊ Fitness and conditioning programme

Year 1

5 Mandatory Units, 2 Optional Units. Unit 1 is exam based, Unit 2 is externally assessed, Unit 3, 4 and 7 internally assessed, Optional Units Internally Assessed.

The Year 1 delivery plan highlights 5 mandatory units and 2 optional units (that can be substituted dependent on the centre). It is anticipated that there should be a large amount of taught content in the first term, in order to build a strong foundation of basic skills and knowledge. The optional units in Year 1 will prepare learners for the rigour of Year 2 units. This year is about developing an essential ‘tool kit’ of skills and knowledge. The first weeks offer an opportunity to embed the core skills and knowledge learners need to progress to more specialist units; these weeks can be used to secure essential theory, work ethic, expectations and academic study skills.

Unit 1: Anatomy and Physiology is an externally assessed mandatory unit and gives the underpinning knowledge of how the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory systems function and the fundamentals of the energy systems; it incorporates key information for learners to understand. It would be most suitable to teach Unit 1: Anatomy and Physiology from the start of the course, with the external assessment being taken at the end of the first year.

Unit 2: Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Well-being is assessed by a task set and marked by Pearson and completed under supervised conditions. In Part A, learners will be given a case study one week before a supervised assessment period in order to carry out preparation. In Part B, the supervised assessment period is 2.5 hours as timetabled by Pearson. First assessment will be May/June for Unit 2. Unit 3: Professional Development in the Sports Industry. Unit 4: Sports Leadership. Unit 7: Practical Sports Performance. These are all internally assessed mandatory units. Each internally assessed unit has two or three assignments, although these may relate to one or two learning aims, so a single task may cover more than one learning aim at a time. Learners must complete and pass Units 3, 4 and 7. There are 2 optional units in Year 1. They are both internally assessed.

Year 2

The Year 2 plan highlights five mandatory units and two optional units (these can be substituted dependent on the centre). Unit 19: Development and Provision of Sport and Physical Activity and Unit 22: Investigating Business in the Sport and Active Leisure Industry are assessed by tasks set and marked by Pearson and completed under supervised conditions. In Part A, learners will be given a case study one week before a supervised assessment period in order to carry out preparation. In Part B, the supervised assessment period is 2.5 hours for Unit 19 and 3 hours for Unit 22 as timetabled by Pearson. First assessment in January for Units 19 and 22. Unit 19 has a synoptic assessment. This requires learners to demonstrate they can identify and use effectively, in an integrated way, an appropriate selection of skills, techniques, concepts, theories and knowledge from across the whole sector as relevant to a key task. It is important that learners are ready for these assessments, so teaching of these units should start early in the programme and run for a whole year. Unit 8: Coaching for Performance and Unit 9: Research Methods in Sport are internally assessed mandatory units. Each internally assessed unit has two or three assignments, although these may relate to one or two learning aims; so a single task may cover more than one learning aim at a time. Learners must complete and pass Units 8 and 9. There are 2 optional units in Year 2. They are both internally assessed units.

Coursework/Examination

Requirement 1 Exam, 7 units in each year.

A mixture of internal and external assignment briefs.

The College expects BTEC Sport students to have:

Minimum Grade 6 in GCSE PE or Merit in Level 2 BTEC Sport, if studied. Minimum GCSE Grade 4/5 or 5/4 in both English Language and Maths.

Progression

This is an academic sports course providing a pathway to a range of sport-based degrees at university or into direct employment within the sport and fitness industry.

Potential career pathways include:

◊ University Study/Degree Level Apprenticeships - A range of sports related degrees

Employment areas:

◊ Teaching

◊ Coaching

◊ Strength and Conditioning

◊ Sports Psychology ◊ Sports Technology