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Sport and Physical Activity Level 3 Extended Certificate

The Cambridge Technicals Sport and Physical Activity Level 3 Extended Diploma provides an exciting opportunity if you have a passion for sport and are interested in how excellence in coaching and leadership can be developed.

You will follow a vocationally specific qualification, which will develop a range of personal skills, and knowledge that will be essential for successful performance in working life. You will study a range of topic areas, which will require you to participate practically as well as research and produce written responses to work related assignment briefs.

Equivalent in size to one A Level, you will study five units of which two are examination and the remaining three are both internally and externally assessed. 

Compulsory units: 

  • Body systems and the effects of physical activity 
  • Sports coaching and leadership 
  • Sports organisation and development 

Specialist Units: 

  • Organisation of sports events 
  • Practical skills in sport and physical activities

Curriculum Intent

To develop a deeper understanding of more specific areas of the sporting world like sports injuries.  Students will further develop their skills through specialist pathways that help them deliver sport and physical activity to a wide range of participants.

How the course is assessed

The course is assessed through both coursework and exams. Your skills and knowledge will be assessed through practical tasks written coursework presentations and teacher observation and two exams at the end of a unit. This is a single award (360 Guided Learning Hours).

Key Stage 5 CTech Sport (Single) Curriculum Plan

Entry requirements

  • Five subjects at grade 4 or above, including English and maths
  • Studying either GCSE PE or a vocational qualification in sport would also be beneficial

Why study CTEC Sport and Physical Activity at Windsor Sixth Form?

The PE department is very experienced at teaching CTEC Sport and Physical Activity. Students enjoy the course, are successful and many further their studies by completing PE related degrees at university. Students are also successful in gaining employment in areas where the skills they have learnt on the course are advantageous to them in their apprenticeship or workplace.

Many facets of the course involve leadership and studying at Windsor means that you are able to lead students who study at the school. You will also have access to a state of the art fitness suite to complete a number of units as well as part of extra-curricular activities.

Other courses that go well with CTEC Sport and Physical Activity Level 3

All Cambridge Technical qualifications go well with any combination of subjects. It will go particularly well with other BTEC courses as the method of study will be similar.

What you can do after the course

This qualification will give you the opportunity to enter employment in the sport sector or to progress to higher education vocational qualifications in sport or sport and exercise science.

There is also a range of vocational courses that can be accessed to further a career in the sports and leisure industry including sports development, competition manager, sports coaching, physiotherapy, teaching, sports management, sports journalism, working in a leisure centre or lifeguarding.

Where do our students progress to after the course?

Students who studied this course have previously gone onto study sport at university. Other students have also gone onto completing apprenticeships in sports coaching.

Student success stories

  • Student A, achieved a Distinction Merit in the first year this course was run. They went on to study Physical Education at Bath University. 
  • Student B, achieved a Merit in the extended certificate course. They went on to study Physical Education at Newman University. 
  • Student C, achieved D* D* D*. They went on to study sports development at Worcester University.