About The Coaching Academy

Established in 1999, The Coaching Academy is the largest life coaching course provider of its kind in the world, and we are incredibly proud of the reputation we've developed since opening our doors 25 years ago.

We started when life coaching was a relatively new phenomenon and were one of the first in the UK to provide fully accredited life coaching qualifications. Now, we find ourselves at the forefront of coach training and are chosen by more people looking to be a professional life coach than any other UK training provider.

Our CEO, Bev James, trained with The Coaching Academy herself after attending one of our free sample coaching courses back in 2005. Having experience as a delegate and a student of The Coaching Academy, Bev knows only too well the importance of quality training delivery – there is no one more committed to ensuring our delivery meets the highest standard.

As well as life coaching, we also provide courses to enable our coaches to establish their own niche, whether NLP, business and corporate coaching, or coaching parents and children.

Your coach training with us will always be instructive, informative and enjoyable, and you will feel safe knowing that our team of trainers are hand-picked from the cream of the UK’s finest coaches. They are not just excellent coach trainers, but all have a coaching business themselves and bring with them a wealth of experience and qualifications.

Our head office is based in Chiswick, London. However, all of our training takes place live online, enabling you to access our world-class delivery from the comfort of your own home. We look forward to meeting you soon!

Bev James, CEO

"I’m extremely proud of the team of trainers we have at The Coaching Academy. One of the most important things to know is that they are all successful coaches in their own right, working with a wide variety of personal clients, organizations and businesses. This means that apart from being excellent communicators and educators, they are great role models too. You will have the confidence of knowing you are learning from people who can walk the walk as well as talk the talk!

Many of them, myself included, began their coaching journey as students with The Coaching Academy. This means they are able to give really clear examples of how you can develop your career as a professional coach and set up a coaching business, or enhance the career you currently have by implementing your coaching skills once you have trained and qualified with us."

You can read Bev's own inspirational journey from Coaching Academy delegate herself to CEO on our blog here: Life Coach to CEO - Interview with Bev James, CEO The Coaching Academy