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Kickstart your coaching career with JSS Education & Childcare LLP - Junior Sport Stars! Become a Gymnastics Apprentice Coach and learn from expert coaches in a fun, purpose-built gym. Gain real experience, build confidence, and inspire children while earning and developing your future.
Wage
- £8,320 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
- Option for increased hours and overtime to be reviewed after 6 months.
Training course
- Community activator coach (level 2)
Hours
- Monday - Friday evening, 3.45pm - 7.00pm.
- Wednesday, 12.00pm - 3.00pm.
- Saturday morning, 8.45am - 1.00pm.
Work patterns may change during the school holidays.
20 hours a week
Start date
- Thursday 1 October 2026
Duration
- 1 year 6 months
Positions available
- 2
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
- UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE GROUP
Training course
- Community activator coach (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
- Course contents
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
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Training schedule
This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
More training information
Online delivery fortnightly.
Desirable qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or above)
- Maths (grade 4/C or above) Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
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Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Junior Sport Stars has been providing children's sports coaching and development in Greater Manchester for over 18 years. Based in Stockport, we provide a wide range of sporting activities and coaching programs for young people, aiming to help children develop physical skills, confidence, teamwork, and a lifelong enjoyment of sport.
What we do:
- Gymnastics programs for children of different ages and abilities.
- Before-school breakfast clubs and lunchtime activity sessions in Primary Schools
- Physical Education (PE) support and coaching in Primary schools.
- After-school sports clubs in Primary Schools
- Holiday camps during school breaks at a number of venues.
Facilities
Their gymnastics centre in Stockport includes a large purpose-built gymnastics area with modern equipment, fitness facilities, and viewing spaces for parents. The organization also delivers activities at numerous schools across South Manchester and Stockport.
Mission
The goal of Junior Sport Stars is to inspire children to enjoy sport, stay active, and reach their potential while making friends and building positive habits that can benefit them throughout life.
http://www.juniorsportstars.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Driving lessons.
- Company pension scheme.
- Free childcare during the school holidays.
- Friends & Family discounts for all our services.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Progression within the company:
On completion of your Level 2 apprenticeship, there is an option for undertaking a Level 4 qualification and be full-time working a minimum. x30 hours per week with more flexibility. On completion of all British Gymnastics qualifications at Level 2 in your desired specialism, you may then teach Gymnastics to the wider community in primary schools as well as at our gymnastics school.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000049969.
Closes on Wednesday 30 September 2026
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