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Robert Napier School, The
Third Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2LX
Available start dates
Available start dates
Application Instructions
Applications Open: 13th November, 2025
Applications Close: 31st January, 2026
Entry Requirements: These are unique to each subject (located on the subject information page).
How to Apply: Please apply via KentChoices
You should only choose one subject per options block with a maximum of three subjects overall.
Course Summary
This specification is designed to encourage candidates to:
• Develop their interpersonal communication skills and learn to understand issues that affect personal Sport performance.
• Cover topics that link closely to specific employment areas and can work with children in the community.
• Learn about fitness testing programmes and the nutritional value of diet and performance.
• Investigate the work of successful coaches.
• Examine the roles, responsibilities and skills and techniques and knowledge base required to develop sports performance.
• Explore barriers to participation and cultural factors that affect participation.
Course Details
Students will learn about:
Extended Certificate: Unit 2 Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Well-being, Unit 3 Professional Development in the Sports Industry and Unit 4 Sports Leadership in the first year of study. Unit 1 Anatomy and Physiology will be started during Term 6 of year 1 and continued into the second year of study, along with added time for any corrections to be made to work.
How will it be delivered and assessed?
Unit 1 Anatomy and Physiology (26.67%)
Unit 2 Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Well-being (26.67%)
Unit 3 Professional Development in the Sports Industry (26.67%)
Unit 4 Sports Leadership (20%)
Entry requirements
Ideally, candidates would have successfully gained five passes at GCSE grade 4 or above, including the following:
• A Pass grade in Cambridge Nat Sport Science
Your next steps...
This course provides opportunities for continued studies in Sport at University. Careers in exercise and fitness, coaching, sports development, delivery of outdoor activities, physiotherapy, sports medicine, sports psychology, teaching, sports journalism and working in the sports leisure industry.
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