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Sports Performance

Entry requirements

This programme is aimed at students already performing at a very high standard in a chosen sport.

Applicants are advised to contact the relevant performance coach within their sport prior to completing a formal UCAS application.  Please click on the link for your sport on the Team Bath webpages for contact details of the appropriate coach.

Selection tests:

Applicants must have a proven sporting performance in at least one sport; this must be indicated within the personal statement on application. Some sports (e.g. football and rugby) may require applicants to attend a trial.

GCSE requirements:

Applicants should have a minimum of GCSE Grade C (or equivalent Level 2 qualification) in English Language and mathematics

 

A Levels

Typical Offer: CCC

Differentiated offers may be made to applicants who are studying additional relevant Level 3 qualifications alongside their A Levels, for example: BTEC, OCR National Certificates, NVQs or Advanced Apprenticeships.

  • General Studies is excluded
  • Languages which are intended for non-native speakers are not normally acceptable when taken by native speakers of that language.

If you are studying a combination of A Levels and other Level 3 qualifications, please see Combined Level 3 Qualifications section below.   

 

Access to HE Diploma

Typical offer:

Pass the Access to HE Diploma (with a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3). You must also achieve GCSE equivalence in English and maths if equivalent qualifications have not already been achieved.

BTEC

Typical offer:

BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma - MMM

BTEC Level 3 Diploma - DD

Differentiated offers may be made to applicants who are studying additional relevant Level 3 qualifications alongside their BTEC qualification, for example: A Levels, OCR National Certificates, NVQs or Advanced Apprenticeships.

If you are studying a combination of BTEC and other Level 3 qualifications, please see Combined Level 3 Qualifications section below.  

Combined Level 3 Qualifications

We welcome applications from students studying a combination of Level 3 qualifications, such as A Levels, BTEC Level 3s, OCR National Certificates, Level 3 NVQs and Advanced Apprenticeships.  Please contact admissions@bath.ac.uk to discuss whether your combination is suitable for entry to this programme.

International Baccalaureate

Typical Offer: 28 points

Welsh Baccalaureate

We welcome applicants offering the Welsh Baccalaureate Core alongside their Level 3 qualifications; we are aware of the range of skills and qualities which it develops and of the additional work which it demands. A differentiated offer may be made to these applicants.  

 
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