Sport, Health and Physical Education

The CertHE Sport, Health and Physical Education is designed to develop your skills in teaching physical education and coaching youth sport. In this one-year course, you will apply academic content through various practical activities, including games, athletics, health and fitness, dance, swimming, gymnastics, and adventurous activities.

You will be guided by a team of inspirational academic staff with extensive experience in physical education and sport. Their knowledge and expertise will support you throughout your studies.

The course has been developed with input from professionals in physical education and youth sport to ensure it is relevant to the field. Studying this certificate will help you decide if you want to pursue the full degree program (a two-year top-up) or a future career in teaching, coaching, or other related areas. The certificate also prepares you for work in coaching and teaching assistant positions. You will gain valuable experience working with children, which can lead to roles in youth work, international camps, or as a play worker.

High-quality physical education and youth sport are vital for the health and well-being of young people. This course provides a strong foundation in both theoretical knowledge and practical skills to help support young people in leading healthy and active lives.

Do you speak Welsh? If you would like to study part of this course in Welsh, 40 credits are available in Welsh. More information can be found on the Welsh version of this page.

In the first year, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of physical education and youth sport. Modules cover the basics of facilitating adventurous activities and creative education through movement. You will start developing your theoretical knowledge alongside practical skills.

Compulsory

Facilitating Learning in the Outdoors (20 credits)
Introduction to Exercise Psychology (10 credits)
Introduction to Human Nutrition (10 credits)
Introduction to Human Physiology (20 credits)
Introduction to Teaching, Learning and Curriculum (20 credits)
Introduction to Sport Psychology (10 credits)
Creative Movement and Aquatic Activities (20 credits)
Academic Skills (Sport, Health and Outdoor Education) (10 credits)

A range of assessment methods are used in the assessment of modules so that students are provided with a range of opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.

Specific types of assessment include:

Practical tasks
Essays
Videos
Reflective Blogs
Laboratory reports
Examinations (seen and unseen papers)
Presentations

While a good quality of personal performance is encouraged, it is not a focus of assessment in the practically based modules. Rather, issues of inclusion, entitlement and differentiation are embedded in many of the assessments, and students are required to plan and evaluate their own and other students’ teaching.

Students learn how to present a balanced, evidenced argument through their formal written work, as well as via individual and group presentations.

Within the final year, students will design and conduct their own independent project in a specialist area of their choice.

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS