The Safeguarding Code strongly recommends that you consider the following criteria as minimum requirements for your workforce:

a) Ideally all coaches/instructors should hold or be working towards achieving a coaching/teaching qualification (a black belt alone does not necessarily provide you with coaching/ mentoring skills)

Contact your National Governing Body for more information or see the “Links” section below if you do not affiliate to an NGB.

b) We would expect instructors to be able to demonstrate that their black belt has been issued by a recognised/ independent organisation

c) Achievement of Dan grades should follow standard/ generally recognised time periods between grades. We recommend you contact your art’s NGB to understand this in more detail.

d) The lead instructor, ideally, should have at least 5 years teaching experience

To complete this section please click on the highlighted title and scroll down to “Add Submission.” Please describe to us how your workforce fits, or is working towards achieving, this criteria.