No.
You do not need a Level 2 first.
It is built in. 5 of the 10 units in this diploma are the Level 2 gym instructing units, worth 18 of the 51 credits. You start from wherever you are now and qualify at both levels in one go.
What will I actually be doing?
First
Reserve your start date
Pick an intake and reserve online. It takes a minute and costs nothing.
Then
Study the theory online, in your own time
The written units fit around your job, with a tutor you can actually reach.
Finally
Come in and coach
1 to 2 practical days. You run a real session with a real person, and you are assessed on it live.
What will I study?
10 units, 51 credits, spanning Level 2 and Level 3. Here is the whole qualification drawn to scale, one block for each unit, sized by what it is worth.
How will I be assessed?
There is no multiple-choice shortcut to the practical. On your assessment day you deliver a real personal training session, with a real person, and a working trainer marks you on it as it happens.
Written units, marked by your tutor with feedback rather than a grade wall.
Practical day, where you coach, you are observed, and you are told what to fix.
Quality assured, with Focus Awards externally verifying the assessment.
Who will be teaching me?
Two tutors, two halves of the job. Clinton runs the floor, Daniel teaches the science. The people who mark your work are the people standing next to you on assessment day.
Clinton Coffey
- Level 3 Personal Trainer
- 20+ years in the industry
Daniel Marshall
- BSc Sport Therapy and Rehabilitation
- 1,500+ injury assessments
When does it start, and what does it cost?
Next intake
26 October 2026
Muscle Hut, Ashford (practical assessment)
Following intake
8 February 2027
Venue confirmed once it is booked.
Only 5 remote places per intake, for learners who cannot travel
£1,750 paid in full, or £500 a month across 4 months
The 4-month plan comes to £2,000.
What can I do with it once I have it?
Employed
Level 3 is the standard UK gyms and health clubs ask for when hiring personal trainers.
Insured
A regulated qualification is what insurers want to see before covering you to train clients.
Self-employed
Train your own clients, set your own rates and run it as your business. The diploma covers that side too.
Still learning
Qualifying is the start of it. The trainers who last are the ones who carry on learning once the certificate is in the drawer.
Continued learning
What you need to know that isn’t on the course
Daniel and Clinton run optional monthly sessions after the diploma on the parts no awarding body examines you on. It is a separate service, so you can take it or leave it once you have your certificate.
£30a month
if you qualified with us
£50a month
if you qualified elsewhere
Reserve
Secure your place
Tell us which intake you want. Nothing is charged here: we email you to arrange payment, and paying is what confirms your place.
Rather talk it through first? Email pthutuk@gmail.com.