ILM Qualifications in Executive Coaching & Mentoring

Transform Leadership Through Coaching Excellence

The International Centre for Coaching in Education (ICCE) delivers professional coaching and mentoring programmes, tailored specifically for leaders at all levels in international schools. From ILM qualifications to bespoke non-accredited courses, our training provides the expertise, confidence, and credibility to lead effectively and embed a sustainable coaching culture across your entire educational organisation.

Develop your professional coaching
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At ICCE, we believe coaching transforms leadership. Our accredited programmes are designed to help you refine your unique coaching style, strengthen your practice, and grow into a confident, professional coach. With years of experience in education, coaching and delivering accredited training, we’ve built a flexible and engaging learning journey that goes beyond theory. You’ll finish not only with recognised qualifications but also with the ability to create impact through your own signature coaching style.

Which ILM Qualification is right for you?

We provide ILM Level 5 and Level 7 qualifications at both Certificate and Diploma levels.
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L7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring

The Level 7 Certificate is designed for senior managers, HR and OD professionals, as well as practising coaches and mentors. It is particularly suited to those seeking to strengthen their expertise, enhance their professional credibility, and introduce coaching as a recognised and valued practice within their organisation.

      Key Features:

  • Designed for practising or aspiring executive coaches and senior leaders
  • Delivered online with full tutor guidance and access to a supportive coaching community
  • This programme provides you with the professional credibility to be a practising Executive Coach and embed Executive Coaching within your education setting.
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L7 Diploma in Executive Coaching and Mentoring 

The Diploma is identical to the certificate in terms of the theory unit and the evaluation unit, but in the practical coaching unit, a minimum of 60 hours of coaching is required rather than 20 hours. This course is highly beneficial for those school leaders who are considering a career change into full time Executive Coaching.

      Key Features:

  • Designed for practising or aspiring executive coaches and senior leaders who are interested in pursuing executive coaching as a career or outside of their organisation
  • Delivered online with full tutor guidance and access to a supportive coaching community
  • This programme provides you with the professional credibility to be a practising Executive Coach and embed Executive Coaching within your education setting.

Entry Requirements for both L7 Executive Coaching and Mentoring qualifications:

  • Have significant leadership experience (e.g. Principal, headteacher, deputy, senior leadership team).
  • Are currently involved in coaching others, or have opportunities to do so as part of their role.
  • Are ready to engage in rigorous study, reflection, and practical application.
  • Have a strong interest in developing others and leading through coaching.
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L5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring

The Level 5 Certificate is designed for middle leaders who wish to develop a coaching culture in their teams, as well as practising coaches and mentors. It is particularly suited to those seeking to strengthen their expertise, enhance their professional credibility, and introduce a coaching approach to their team leadership.

      Key Features:

  • Designed for practising or aspiring coaches.
  • Delivered online with full tutor guidance and access to a supportive coaching community.
  • This programme provides you with the professional credibility to be a practising coach and embed coaching within your education setting.
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L5 Diploma in Effective Coaching and Mentoring

The Level 5 Diploma is identical to the certificate in terms of the theory unit and the evaluation unit, but in the practical coaching unit, a minimum of 54 hours of coaching is required rather than 18 hours. This course is highly beneficial for those school leaders who are considering a career change into full time coaching.

      Key Features:

  • Designed for practising or aspiring coaches.
  • Delivered online with full tutor guidance and access to a supportive coaching community.
  • This programme provides you with the professional credibility to be a practising coach and embed coaching within your education setting.

Entry Requirements for both L5 Effective Coaching and Mentoring qualifications:

  • Have middle leadership experience.
  • Are currently involved in coaching others, or have opportunities to do so as part of their role.
  • Are ready to engage in rigorous study, reflection, and practical application.
  • Have a strong interest in developing others and leading through coaching.

Why Leaders Choose ICCE

ICCE is more than a training provider, we are a partner in your coaching journey. With decades of combined experience in international education and executive coaching, we understand the challenges you face.
  • Enrol at any time - flexible start dates throughout the year and we are now recruiting for January 2026 onwards

  • Engage with lectures from our Chief Programmes Officer, Jo Robinson, and collaborate with your peers on our LMS platform 

  • Complete your coaching hours and reflect on your practice

  • Submit your assignments and receive supportive, developmental feedback
     
  • Receive your ILM-accredited qualification and join our post-qualification coaching community 

Benefits of our courses

Every step of your journey with ICCE is designed with your growth in mind. By joining our programmes, you’ll gain:
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  • Learn why reflective learning is important for own professional practice
  • Plan, deliver and review own effective coaching or mentoring at an executive or senior level
  • Receive your ILM-accredited qualification and join our post-qualification coaching community 
  • Understand the strategic purposes of coaching and mentoring at an executive or senior level, focussed on the context of international education
  • Improve your employability for career progression opportunities - coaching skills and experience are in high demand in the international education sector
  • Be able to plan own future professional development activities as an executive coach, whether this is within your school or education setting, or if you are considering coaching as a career
  • Analyse the knowledge, skills, behaviours and practices necessary for effective coaching and consider how to implement these in your school or education setting
  • Make your organisation stand out as one that truly invests in its people, supporting your recruitment and retention offer
  • Be confident that your coaches are not only highly trained in executive coaching, but they have also reflected deeply on how this fits within the unique context of international education
  • Create a coaching and mentoring culture in which senior leaders demonstrate their commitment to supporting their own and others’ development and performance improvement.
  • Ensure your organisation’s coaches are properly equipped with the skills, knowledge and understanding they need
  • Be confident that coaches in your organisation have received high quality, specialist training and have met the high standards required by ILM

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Every coach’s path is unique. Share where you are in your journey, and together we’ll identify the course that will help you grow your practice and achieve your professional ambitions.

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