Our sport, public services and uniformed services courses in Epsom, Surrey are designed to turn your passion into a career. From Level 1 to Level 3, including personal training and our Football Academy, you’ll build fitness, performance and industry knowledge while developing teamwork, leadership and resilience, preparing you for coaching, the police, fire and armed services, or university.
Public service courses give you the chance to challenge yourself, build confidence and prepare for an exciting career in services like the police, fire service, armed forces and emergency response. You’ll develop teamwork, leadership and resilience skills, mixed with practical activities and real-world scenarios, and gain the discipline and mindset needed to succeed in this rewarding sector. Find out more here
Sport & Sports Science
Our sport courses are designed to turn your passion into a career. You’ll develop practical skills, improve your performance and gain an understanding of the sports industry, all while learning from experienced tutors. Whether you’re interested in coaching, fitness, sports science or progressing to university, our courses set you up to take your next career step. Find out more here.
Our public and uniformed services courses run from Level 1 Public Services through Level 2 Uniformed Services to Level 3 Uniformed Protective Services. Career options are wide ranging with progression into the police, fire and rescue, ambulance or armed forces, responding to real-life situations, or working in roles like the prison service, border force or emergency planning. If you enjoy helping others, you might thrive in youth work, community support or the civil service—making a real difference every day while building an exciting and rewarding career.
Our students have progressed to a wide range of university-level courses at leading institutions, including Loughborough University, the University of Law, Bournemouth University, the University of Exeter, the University of Portsmouth and the University of Surrey, continuing their journey towards successful careers.
Our staff
Our Public Service tutors bring real-world experience into the classroom, with backgrounds in areas such as the Fire and Rescue Service, outdoor instruction and the legal system. Alongside their extensive teaching experience, they use their first-hand knowledge to give you a genuine insight into the sector—helping you develop the skills, confidence and resilience needed for a career in public services.
Course highlights
Practical sessions to improve your teamwork and leadership to bring learning to life
Hone your problem solving, teamwork and navigational skills.
Expert training for the uniformed services entrance tests
Practical team sports, leadership and targeted fitness training
Visits to parliamentary buildings, Royal Courts of Justice and Law Courts, to demystify the workings of government, law and order
Develop skills in bushcraft, wild camping and raft building
Attend a ‘firefighter for a day’ course and ‘Look at Life day’, with the British Army
Guest speakers, including a police dog handler and firefighters, discussing their careers and job roles.
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Sport & Sports Science
Careers in sports & sports science
Turn your passion for sport into a career you love. Our sport courses run from Level 1 Sport and Active Leisure and Level 2 Sport to Level 3 Sport, Level 3 Sport and Exercise and Level 3 Gym Instructing and Personal Training. Whether you see yourself as a coach, personal trainer, sports therapist or even a professional athlete, there are endless opportunities to explore, from fitness and nutrition to sports science, psychology and outdoor instruction.
Develop the skills, confidence and knowledge to work in exciting roles such as physiotherapy, strength and conditioning, teaching or youth work. With pathways into everything from elite sport to community wellbeing, you’ll be prepared for a career that makes an impact.
Our students progress to top universities and specialist degrees, including courses at Nescot, the University of Bath, Exeter, Bristol and more – taking their skills to the next level and building successful futures in the sports industry.
Our staff
Our Sports team is made up of high-level performers, national coaching specialists and sports psychology experts who bring energy and innovation into every lesson. With real industry experience in coaching, personal training, strength and conditioning, sports therapy, osteopathy and sports centre management, they make learning engaging, practical and focused on your future career.
Course highlights
Participate in sport as athletes and coaches – and we’ll try to work with your training and competition schedules, so you don’t have to sacrifice your education for a promising sporting career
Get involved in sports coaching and fitness classes for all ages and abilities in the community
Join our Football Development Squad, which plays in the higher-level college league and for a local non-league team
Gain extra qualifications, such as Level 1 coaching qualifications, sport-specific first aid or YMCA Fitness Instructing Certificate.
Go on residential outdoor activities trips, such as Skern Lodge in Devon.
Organise and run local primary schools’ sports day events.
Nescot Sports students have free access to the Sports Injury Clinic
Train in our sports hall, gym, MUGA and grass pitches.
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We do a lot of practical lessons, which is much more interesting and helps me to learn. The teachers are helpful and supportive, and I’d definitely recommend the course. I want to be a physiotherapist in the future, and I like that we’re learning from people with experience in the industry.
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Our public services and sport courses
Compare our sport, public services and uniformed services courses below, from Level 1 to Level 3, including personal training and sport and exercise.
This course is perfect for you if you want to develop your studies in sport and leisure and are looking to further your knowledge in fitness and exercise.
This course enables students to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills that enable progression within specific areas of employment such as exercise and fitness, leadership support and sports coaching.
The full time Foundation Diploma in Sport course at Nescot is a one year course aimed at students with an interest in the application of sports coaching and health and fitness to the promotion, maintenance and enhancement of sport related performance.
The full time Foundation Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science course at Nescot is a one year course aimed at students with an interest in the application of scientific principles to the promotion, maintenance and enhancement of sport and exercise related performance.
This qualification aims to focus on the role and scope of a Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer. It offers breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge. It provides opportunities to acquire a number of practical and technical skills.
The full-time Introductory Diploma in Public Services at Nescot is a one-year course aimed at students with an interest in a career in the Public Services. The course contains a mixture of theoretical lessons and practical sessions in the sports hall and college fields, as well as local outdoor activity centres.
This course is the ideal starting point for students who wish to study public services as you will be trained in the different disciplines required in these services.
This course is the ideal qualification for students who wish to enter the public services as you will be trained in the different disciplines required in the uniformed services.
Combine your studies with high-level football training at the Nescot Football Academy, run with Johnson Football Schools. You’ll train full time, compete in the top tiers of the Tactic League and play friendlies against professional sides such as Millwall, Peterborough and Southampton. Trials are open to anyone applying to a Nescot course.
