Train to be a coach
The Coach House programme is an industry-leading certificate which gives you the foundations to build coaching skills, add to your career portfolio or start your own coaching business.
It has your development at the heart of its purpose, and the training we provide will equip you to work in any coaching environment. The programme enables you to practise and broaden your skills while learning with a small group of people with similar goals to enhance the whole experience.
Fully Accredited Coaching Qualifications
Our certificate is accredited by the Association for Coaching and the International Coaching Federation, so you know you’re receiving robust, high-quality training from expert facilitators with years’ of experience.
Certificate Overview
The course is designed to work around your existing demanding job or family commitments. The learning is modular and takes place in live online sessions, and self-study and coaching practice can be done at a time to suit you.
Our approach to your learning
Content is over 6 modules, spaced roughly one a month
All modules are live, interactive and contain a mix of practical exercises, frameworks and lots of opportunities to coach
There are short homework tasks set between modules to embed learning and develop knowledge
There is 1:1 supervision for each delegate to develop their coaching style and provide personal tuition
Each delegate will do 20 hours of coaching practice
What You Will Learn
The programme will run over roughly six months to give you time to embed learning as well as to practice and develop your coaching style. The workshops have a strong emphasis on gaining practical experience alongside the theoretical learning.
Delivered Live Via Zoom
Exploring Coaching
In this first in-depth session, you will gain a thorough understanding of the essence of coaching and practice some skills to get your coaching practice started
- Defining coaching and the coaching process
- Coaching ethics, boundaries and dilemmas
- Chemistry meetings and contracting
- An introduction to the GROW model
- The fundamentals of Cognitive Based Coaching
- Preparing for your first coaching session
The Inner Coach
This session will help you develop your own inner confidence and self-awareness so that you can help others do the same.
- Exploring coaching skills from the inside out
- Emotional intelligence in the context of coaching
- Developing self-awareness through strengths and values
- Understanding self-confidence for you and your coachees
- An introduction to coaching supervision
Neuroscience, Brain & Behaviour
This module will help you take your coaching to another level by giving you the skills to understand people’s behaviour and the psychological theories that underpin the coaching process
- An introduction to Solution-Focused coaching
- Behavioural approaches to coaching
- Understanding neuroscience and coaching
- Helping clients shift their thinking
- Neuroscience-informed tools
- Neuroscience in leadership
Building Your Coaching Toolkit
This session will provide you with further tools and approaches to help bring your coaching sessions to life
- Evaluating and assessing your coachees
- An overview of psychometrics in coaching
- Bringing your coaching sessions to life through exercises and interaction
- The role of feedback in coaching
- Building accountability and sustainability with clients
- An introduction to group coaching
Transformational Coaching
This session will continue to develop your skills and confidence in using coaching techniques to elicit lasting behavioural change and improve performance.
- Unblocking barriers to success
- Understanding transformation and change in coaching
- Helping clients create lasting change
- Shifting from surface-level to deep dive
- Using critical thinking and problem solving in coaching
The Business of Coaching
In this final session, we will help you prepare to take your coaching skills into the workplace or your own coaching business. During this session each person will take part in an observed coaching session which will be assessed as part of the certificate success criteria.
- Observed coaching assessment
- How to price and market your coaching
- Setting up internal coaching programmes
- Using coaching to lead
- Planning your coaching future
Future Dates
November 2025
February 2026
May 2026
September 2026
A word from our founder
The overwhelming feedback we receive from graduates is about how the programme contributes to their personal development and self-confidence, as well as how they do their jobs. Coach training will give you different choices in life and the chance to take another look at your career trajectory. It will give you the potential to create your own business, develop your leadership style and approach or add coaching as new area to an existing business.
We appreciate that both organisations and individuals face financial challenges and when that is the case, there is an opportunity to apply for our bursary.
I look forward to welcoming you to the programme.
Good Luck!
What Our Graduates Say about the Coach House Certificate
Graduates Testimonials
What was your biggest learning on the Coach House Certificate?
“That I don’t have to be an expert in my coachee’s business or field in order to add value as their coach.
That by the end I would have the confidence to call myself a coach! I went into the course with the belief that I was a strong manager and I was fascinated to learn what coaching was all about but if I am honest, I wasn’t certain if I was going to take it as far as I now want to. I am sure there is some forward momentum that I have created for myself but my conversations as a coach, my conversations with my fellow coachees and my interactions with Helen have given me a sense of self belief that I wasn’t fully anticipating. Being a coach makes me feel great and I truly want to get the best outcome for my clients.”
Jo, Senior Leader
What would you say to someone who is wondering whether to join the coach house certificate programme?
“If you want to complete a professional coaching qualification, accredited by the AC, which is delivered by top quality experts – all in a six month period – this is for you!
The course provides an excellent foundation in the tools and techniques of coaching theory and it is run in a safe and inclusive style that creates a supportive and mutually beneficial learning environment. I would definitely recommend it!
It’s time out that is worthwhile personally for dedicated individual learning time; professionally for reflection and oneself, one’s approach and one’s ability to develop techniques to support, enable and develop colleagues; and overall acquisition of a new skill to share and hone in the name of support and encouragement for others.”
Kate, HR Professional and parent
What’s included in the programme?
Programme Details
Materials and benefits
We include in the package everything you need to complete this programme, and a little bit more:
A journal for your personal reflections and learning
Two hours one-to-one coaching supervision
A programme workbook
A leading textbook will be provided
Student Membership to the Association for Coaching for one year
Preferential rates for CPD events and group supervision
Access to The Coach House Members area where all materials are supplied online.
On completion you receive your Certificate and invitation to our graduation evening (a celebration with fizz!)
The Investment
We want our course to be available to everyone who wants to learn to be a coach, whether that’s through your existing company or as individual self-funding the programme. With this in mind we have two pricing structures.
Online Attendance:
If your company is paying: £4,750 +VAT, per person (payable on booking)
If you are paying for yourself: £3,750 + VAT, per person (bursaries and payment plans may be available on application)
You’ve got this far but hearing from someone else who has done the programme will help you make the decision.
Here’s what one of our recent graduates has to say.