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Sport (Academies)

Diploma Level 2

Study mode Full time
Location Moulton
Level Level 2
Start date Sept 2025
Duration 1 year

The Level 2 Diploma in Sport has been developed to provide you with the opportunity to develop a range of skills and techniques, personal skills and attributes essential for successful performance in working life.

Guided by our expert tutors and guest lecturers you will enhance your understanding of anatomy and physiology and assess your peers across a range of exercise training and sport sessions to enhance performance.

You will use our extensive sports facilities including our fitness suite, Olympic free weights training area, grass football and rugby pitches, basketball courts, dance studio, sports science lab, indoor sports hall with indoor climbing wall, athletics track and more, to develop a range of skills in sports performance. .

To complement your sports studies, we also run sports academies including athletics, basketball, cricket, football, and rugby.

These are run in partnership with some fantastic organisations including Rushden & Diamonds Football Club, Titans Basketball Club, Northampton County Cricket Club and Coventry Rugby Club.

Academy members can access high quality coaching sessions, and work experience, with a nationally recognised vocational qualification achieved at the end of the course.

Students will enhance their understanding in a wide range of sport topics all aimed at developing skills and personal attributes that are required in the world of employment.

Some of the key modules you will study are:

  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Psychology in Sport
  • Practical Sport Performance
  • Fitness for Sport Performance
  • Work Experience in Sport

You will be required to buy sports clothing and shoes for this course. Moulton branded kit can also be brought.

Click here to find out more about the required sports kit.

This is a full time course taking place on three days per week from 9am - 4:30pm. There will be a mix of practical and theoretical work which are split into 1 hour - 2 hour lessons. You will have regular break, including lunch.

If you are part of our sports academies further training and game-play will also be a part of your timetable.

  • Practical assessments
  • Externally assessed Exams
  • Written coursework and workbooks
  • Presentations

You could progress to a Level 3 course, an apprenticeship or employment in the sport industry.

Four GCSEs at grade 2-3 (D-E) or above or a Level 1 Diploma in a related subject

The facilities you'll be using

No other college in the UK can rival the purpose built facilities we have at Moulton College.