The BTEC National Diploma in Sport was designed in collaboration with employers and representatives from higher education and relevant professional bodies. It includes the knowledge, understanding, skills and attributes required in the sports sector. Each qualification in the suite has its purpose. The mandatory and optional content provides a balance of breadth and depth while retaining a degree of choice for individual learners to study content relevant to their own interests and progression choices. This course is the equivalent of two A levels and is taken with one other option. The content may be applied during delivery in a way that is relevant to local employment needs. The proportion of mandatory content ensures that all learners are following a coherent programme of study and acquiring the knowledge, understanding and skills that will be recognised and valued. Learners are expected to show achievement across mandatory units which include Sports Anatomy and Physiology, Psychology, Skill Acquisition and Business in the Sports Industry. BTEC Nationals have always required applied learning that brings together knowledge and understanding (the cognitive domain) with practical and technical skills (the psychomotor domain). This is achieved through learners performing vocational tasks that encourage the development of appropriate vocational behaviours (the affective domain) and transferable skills. Transferable skills are those such as communication, teamwork, research and analysis, which are valued in both higher education and the workplace. Our approach provides rigour and balance and promotes the ability to apply learning immediately in new contexts.