Officials' and Coaching courses (& online booking for events)

In this section of our site you can find details of the officiating (levels 1 and 2), coaching and leadership courses which are being held by England Athletics. We wish you every success in your coaching and officiating. - For information about qualifying as a coach and our work with coaches please visit the Coaching section. - To learn more about becoming an official and progressing please visit the Officials section.

General queries on Education please email enquiries@englandathletics.org. 
You can use the Course Finder tool on the right hand side of this page to filter the listings by course type, region, keyword or proximity to your postcode.

Please note, online booking for other events can also be found in this section.

England Athletics affiliated club member cost: £145

This qualification is for those who wish to move towards being a coach and begin to gather experience in the detail of making coaching decisions.

Please note: The minimum age for this course is 18.

England Athletics affiliated club member cost: £325

This course also has a third training day plus an assessment day. Please check you are able to attend on the dates given for these before booking.

The course plus assessment period is a total of four days including the formal assessment. When qualified you will be insured to coach without supervision.

Please note: The minimum age for this course is 18.

England Athletics affiliated club member cost: £325

This course also has a third training day plus an assessment day. Please check you are able to attend on the dates given for these before booking.

This endurance running qualification primarily for those working with runners up to and including the event group development stage. All applicants must be active leaders or coaches who have completed as a minimum a Level 1, Fitness in Running & Walking, LiRF or Coaching Assistant qualification. CiRF is about the broad application to non track based endurance running events rather than specific events or distances and is not designed for coaches who want to work with runners taking part in track based events such as 800m–10k track races or steeplechase. When qualified you will be insured to coach without supervision

Please note: The minimum age for this course is 18.

England Athletics affiliated club member cost: £95

The course will teach Leaders to set up and monitor a group of standard sessions covering a range Athletics events.

Please note: The minimum age for this course is 16.

A one day Leadership Training course which qualifies and insures leaders to deliver safe and fun running sessions, suitable for Running Club Leaders and other Group Leaders.

Please note: The minimum age for this course is 18.