Sports and UPS
The Sports, Health and Leisure industry is growing and in Dorset alone, there are more sports and fitness jobs than the national average. Whether you’re aiming for a career as a Fitness Instructor, Sports Development Officer, PE Teacher or even a professional sportsperson, we offer a range of qualifications designed to help you succeed.
Sport Facilities
Our new Sport facilities at Bournemouth Campus will give students an impressive, practical and professional learning environment. Opening as part of the new Compass Building, the facilities will support learners across Sport, Exercise Science and Sports Coaching.
Sports Hall
Our new sports hall will provide an excellent teaching space for practical Sport lessons. It will support activities such as indoor football, basketball, badminton, tennis, pickleball, coaching sessions, team sports, fitness activities, leadership tasks and practical assessment.
Facilities include courts for:
- Pickleball
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Tennis
Climbing Wall
The new climbing wall will create exciting opportunities for challenge-based learning, teamwork, communication, leadership, and confidence-building. It will add a distinctive practical element to the student experience.
Our state-of-the-art climbing wall, manufactured by ‘Kong Climbing’, provides an engaging training experience for students of all abilities. Featuring five climbing routes, the wall is equipped with both fully-integrated automatic and manual systems.
Automatic route: For solo, beginner-friendly or high-throughput climbing, allowing controlled, assisted descents without a partner.
Manual route: Requires a human partner for belaying, offering more control for advanced training.
(The climbing wall is located in the fitness suites).
Fitness Suite
The new fitness suite will support training, fitness testing, conditioning and practical learning. Students will use the space to develop knowledge and skills linked to health, performance, strength and conditioning, physical preparation and personal development.
Our innovative and outstanding gym facilities, include:
- Cardio equipment you would find in commercial gyms;
- TRX suspension trainers;
- Weightlifting equipment;
- Balance boards;
- Medicine balls;
- Free weights;
- Resistance machines;
- Treadmills;
- Rowing machines.
Climbing Wall
Our state-of-the-art climbing wall, manufactured by ‘Kong Climbing’, provides an engaging training experience for students of all abilities. Featuring five climbing routes, the wall is equipped with both fully-integrated automatic and manual systems.
Automatic route: For solo, beginner-friendly or high-throughput climbing, allowing controlled, assisted descents without a partner.
Manual route: Requires a human partner for belaying, offering more control for advanced training.
(The climbing wall is located in the fitness suites).
Together, the sports hall, climbing wall and fitness suite will help students connect classroom learning with practical experience and prepare for progression into further study, higher education, apprenticeships, employment or specialist training with challenge-based interaction.
This great new hub and sports equipment increase our ability to do more for our students.
The hub will predominantly be used for Sports and UPS (Uniformed Public Services).