Frequently Asked Questions

We have course start dates throughout the year. Keep an eye on our social media account for specific dates of courses. If you are outside one of the course dates and want to start, drop the team and message and we'll see if we can add you in and get you started.

You can pay upfront in one lump sum, or you can pay through Direct Debit. If you choose to pay through Direct Debit it's nice and simple. You just pay a deposit and the remainder of the course fee can be taken out over a few months to help you spread the cost. 

We've made it as easy as we can. Just drop us an email and one of the team will be in touch with a doc for you to complete. This will contain some questions we need to register you on your course with Transcend Awards and on our Online Platform.  

We'll keep in touch the whole way through to make sure we both have all the info we need and you have access to the online platform and start your course.

Basically once you sign up, we'll send you a login to our Student Portal. Your Portal will contain your online course, presentations and quizzes to check your progress. You complete all the info on the online portal, upload your videos if you can't meet us in person and we'll mark everything online for you. 

From the date you start your course we aim to have you through your course as soon as possible so you can put your qualification into practice in the real world. Our Personal Training Diploma would take 16-20 weeks to complete. 

Most of your course is completed online with some practical work needed to finish off. This is all explained through your Student Portal and appears as you progress through the course. You can either meet us in person to go through your practical work, or you can upload it online through your portal. You tutor has access to your work online, so there's no need to send anything to us. 

Of course! We work with Transcend Awards who are one of the leading providers of qualifications for the fitness industry. All of our qualifications are recognised and regulated by OFQUAL and are affiliated with CIMSPA as both an education partner and the Federation of Awarding Bodies.

This means that our qualifications are internationally recognised and accepted all over the world, so whether you're planning to work in the UK or abroad, studying with us will still qualify you to work anywhere in the fitness industry. We have had previous students who have emigrated to Australia and are working with one of the major gym chains as well as many students in the UK already employed in both commercial and independent gyms. 

We've worked hard with Transcend Awards to get the best course we can that lets you study online at your own pace as well as meet us in person to complete practical assessments. Our team have worked in national positions for some of the biggest fitness providers in the UK and abroad. Our team aren't just Personal Trainers, they're gym owners and club managers who have run and managed clubs and fitness products throughout the UK, Ireland and abroad. As well as that our team have extensive experience in teaching, assessing and developing courses. Combined we have not only the experience, but knowledge to help give you the best start into the industry as possible.  

Once you have started your course, some of your work is marked automatically (multiple choice), but some of your essay questions will need marked by your tutors. This is done at specific days throughout the week, but don't worry we'll keep an eye on how you're getting on through your file and make sure everything is caught up. Once you've finished your course you work just needs to go through verification by our in-house IQA. This ensures that your work meets the requirements from Transcend Awards. 

Once all your work has been completed and marked, your practical assessments have been completed and passed, we can process your file for verification with our IQA. Once approved we can issue your certificate. This will be emailed directly to you.

(If you pay your invoice via a payment plan, all your payments must be completed before we can issue your certificate, this won't come through and you won't be certified unless your full balance has been cleared)

At the minute we have our Level 2 Gym Instructor and Level 3 Personal trainer course as well as our First Aid offering. These are the basics to get into the industry. As we grow we will be introducing more courses and CPD courses to help you as a trainer develop.  We do have plans for other fitness courses, but with the ReForm Academy, we'll be keeping all courses relevant and won't be adding any courses we don't feel you need. We want to upfront and honest with all our students, if we think it will help, we'll get it on the list. Keep an eye on our coming soon courses section for more info. 

Everything is possible. We know that there are providers out there who don't have the same standard of qualification as we offer and don't provide the same resources we do.

As long as you have completed some aspects of your course just drop us a message and we'll see what we can do for you. Sometimes this may not be possible, but we'll try our best and help you where we can. We've already had some students come to us from other providers to become fully qualified.

Once you get started with us, we'll email you through both your login for our online portal as well as your Tutor Contact Details, but you'll also have access to our online tutor at anytime you need. 

Something we've been asked a few times.

We appreciate anyone who wants to become a tutor. We're always looking to expand and evolve our offering as an Academy. If you feel this is you just drop us a message - matt@reformgym.co.uk and let's start the conversation. 

Also don't worry if you don't have the teaching qualifications yet, we can help you get there.