EPA Standard
Sports Coach
Sport Coaches work in high-performance, community and school settings.
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High-performance Coaches support athletes in elite programmes and professional teams.
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Community Coaches help people of all ages get active through local clubs, charities and initiatives.
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School Coaches work with teachers to build pupils’ physical skills and confidence.
They use their technical and tactical knowledge to design coaching programmes that improve skills, boost motivation and support performance.
Sport Coaches help people succeed in competitions, raise participation, support education, improve wellbeing and drive social change. They also play a part in reducing pressure on the NHS by helping more people stay active.
Level 4 
£9,000 
18 months
Why NCFE?
We’re an approved End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) specialising in EPA delivery across health, education, early years, digital, social care, and business apprenticeship standards. We offer flexible and reliable EPA solutions supported by sector expertise, guidance documents and proactive service and support.
Entry: undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result.
End-point assessment
The end-point assessment (EPA) for Sports Coach contains three methods of assessment:
Work Based Project and Presentation with Questioning
This assessment method has two components:
Component 1: Work Based Project and Report Apprentices will have a maximum of 12 weeks to complete their Project. The Project commences after NCFE has signed off the Project Outline after Gateway. The Project is in the form of a 4,500 word Report and may be based on one of the following:
- development of new coaching strategies, systems, and services
- improvements to current coaching strategies, systems, and services.
Component 2: Presentation with Questioning Apprentices will prepare and deliver a Presentation that covers a summary of the Project Report. The Presentation will last for 1 hour and 15 minutes typically including a Presentation of 20 minutes and questioning for 55 minutes.
Grading: Fail or pass
Professional Discussion underpinned by a portfolio
The Professional Discussion must last for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Questioning should be used to assess KSBs mapped to this method and to explore the apprentice’s ability to evidence KSBs by drawing from their experiences as a coach working with different participants. Apprentices will be expected to refer to examples in their Portfolio of Evidence to support their answers.
Grading: Fail, pass or distinction
Coaching Session Plan and Practical Observation with Questioning
This assessment will take the form of the creation of a Coaching Session Plan and the Observation of the delivery of the Coaching Session, followed by Questioning. The outline of the Coaching Session must be signed off by NCFE at Gateway to ensure sufficient coverage of the assigned knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs). The Coaching Session planning and Practical Observation with Questioning will assess the planning, preparation, delivery and review of a Coaching Session for a selected individual or group of participants.
Component 1: Coaching Session Plan. Apprentices will be required to submit a Session Outline to NCFE at Gateway and following sign off will produce a full session plan based on the outline submitted.
Component 2: Practical Observation with Questioning. Apprentices will be observed and assessed delivering the Coaching Session. The session will be based upon the plan and adaptations to coaching methods, activities and timings will be made in the moment to ensure that participants’ development needs are met.
The Observation will be covered in a single 2 hour face-to-face session. This will include 30 minutes preparation to include facility set up, equipment organisation and risk assessment, 1 hour delivery time and 30 minutes debrief through Questioning.
Grading: Fail or pass.