Sports & Recreation

State-of-the-art facilities: with new classrooms, training facilities, and the latest technology, you can aspire to the highest levels in your sport.

There is an employability and personal social development programme too: interview techniques are taught, and there is help and advice on CVs and letters to employers among other important aspects that prepare you for employment.

Our facilities include:

A purpose-built Sports Hall
Dance Studio
Astro turf football pitch and junior size football pitch
Fitness suite with fitness testing available
Healthy Eating Cafe
Spa

Kashif Hussain

used to work as a Sports Coach until he was made redundant. Kashif wanted to broaden his horizons by combining the skills he already has in coaching with the new knowledge he has acquired from The Fitness Instructor 12 week programme run by the Employability team.

Kashif said:

"The course is well run and everyone gets on well. The tutors are very flexible and the times of the classes are very convenient.

“We have covered lots of different areas of fitness and the course is about 50% practical and 50% theory. I have learnt some new things while on the course including Anatomy and Physiology.

“We also get to use the gym and the Learning Centre facilities at Wellington Road campus and our bus fares are also reimbursed so we are not out of pocket.

“The tutors have told us that if we do find a job while we are on the course, that this will not be a problem as they will work around this so that we can still finish the qualification.”

Why study with us?

Great careers! Studying sport, leisure or fitness can take you in many different directions. It can lead to teaching, coaching, a career in professional sport - to setting up on your own as a personal fitness trainer.
Using our great facilities you are given the opportunity to work with the local public, experiencing coaching and leading local junior schools' PE sessions at the college sports facility on our coaching based courses.
An experienced teaching team ensures that your underpinning educational base is developed at the same time. Our coaches and fitness instructors work with a variety of groups and individuals on a regular basis providing the quality services the sector demands.
Opportunities to attend numerous events including Leisure Industry Week at the NEC where you can view the latest innovations in fitness, talk to potential employers and network with fellow fitness professionals.
The college teaches sport to a very high level. A roll of honour in the Sports café area lists students who have participated in their sport nationally: every year between six and eight individuals represent the college at the British College Sports (BCS) Championships events around the country. In 2011, two students picked up gold medals for trampolining and swimming.

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