Our Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates is delivered by our international presentation team tutor,  Gill Cummings-Bell, Lorraine Young, Alex Proctor and Jo Everill-Taylor. Book your place today to start your incredible journey into teaching and sharing the Pilates Method with others.

You can attend this course fully in the comfort of your own home or face to face in our studios in Edinburgh or Maidenhead.  Which ever is your preferred study method you can now take your Pilates Diploma instructor training. 

Why Choose Drummond Education?

When deciding who to take your Studio Reformer Instructor training with, it is important to understand the delivery of the course and which repertoire will be taught. A frequently asked question is should I train on the reformer using the ’Traditional/Classical’ repertoire or the more modern ‘Contemporary’ repertoire. Our answer to that question is your course provider should offer you both. Why? Contemporary takes the traditional repertoire and modifies it for a more modern contemporary approach. We believe that to adapt and modify exercises for your clients well, you should firstly know and understand the full repertoire as part of the apparatus system then you can take all of your knowledge and skills into the adaptations, contemporary changes and modifications. Drummond Education offer a course that does exactly this. Built with the expertise of one of the introducers of Pilates to the UK, Michael King using the traditional repertoire and developed with the Drummond clinical training team to meet the needs of modern day clients and their ever growing needs. On the Drummond course you are taught the best of both worlds. Why limit yourself to just one of these options. 

You can build this up to gain your fully comprehensive certificate if you want to learn how to teach on the whole of the apparatus system or you can take the course as the stand alone reformer certification. Within the Drummond Certification you gain your stage one and stage two reformer certification. You can also add your group reformer training day or your therapy reformer if you would like to teach either of these target groups. It is important to add these if you see yourself working in larger reformer groups or with clients with musculoskeletal conditions. You can add them now or later.

What do students who have taken our course say about us?

It was a fabulous course. It was so interesting and valuable for personal development as well as looking at it with a teachers eye. It wasn’t an overload of information but was challenging. It was great to be with a like-minded group with different backgrounds where we focussed on working together and helped each other but had fun along the way. The studio and facilities are superb as well as spotless. Your teaching style is so engaging and there was not one point where I thought what time is it – not even for lunch. It was great. I also wanted to say all instructions from the office have been great with a friendly delivery. It made me feel relaxed about coming and prepared for starting the course. (Isabelle 2023)

Option 1 - Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates Blended Face to Face Attendance £1495

You can take the Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates (accredited by  Active IQ,  AIQ) as a blended programme with your theory and practical modules as an online programme that you can study straight away and in your own time, together with your practical 4 day programming and delivery practical module taught by face to face attendance in our Maidenhead venue in Berkshire or our Edinburgh venue.  These face to face teaching days will give you that rounded hands on experience of working with the Pilates Method, other students and our international team of tutors.

We are currently offering the full face to face (Option 1 Above) Pilates Diploma certification together with two additional programmes at no additional cost.  Your full Online Level 3 Award in Supporting Pre and Post Natal Clients with Exercise and Nutrition so that you can teach pre and post natal clients using your Pilates method and your Children’s Fitness and Pilates course which allows you to teach 5-15 year olds using your Pilates method. Everything you need to be fully qualified in Pilates and teach these groups and individuals.

Choose this option in the select options add to cart and choose your dates and venue.

Option 2 Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates Live Streaming Attendance but at home £1295

You can take the Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates (accredited by  Active IQ,  AIQ) as a blended programme with your theory and practical modules as an online programme that you can study straight away and in your own time, together with your practical 4 day programming and delivery practical module taught by live streaming from our Maidenhead venue in Berkshire but you login on the attendance days from your home or home studio on your own computer. The best of both worlds. Fully taught but in the comfort of your own home. Choose this option in the select options add to cart and choose your dates.

Option 3 Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates Full Online Programme with One Day Attendance at a formative workshop day in either Edinburgh or Maidenhead £895

You can take the Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates (accredited by  Active IQ,  AIQ) as a full online programme with your theory and practical modules as an online programme that you can study straight away and in your own time, together with attendance on a (minimum) one day face to face formative workshop module and a one day practical assessment day in our Maidenhead venue in Berkshire or our Edinburgh. Study in your own time at your own pace but benefit from the formative workshop where you can touch base with the tutor and other students and get hands on and feedback to help you with your delivery of the Pilates Method. A great cost effective option with ongoing support. You can also ask for a one tutorial at any time. Choose this option in the select options add to cart and choose the online self study option no fixed dates. 

Whichever option you choose as your study method, this Pilates Diploma instructor training course gives you the best of both worlds. A classical/traditional mat Pilates Diploma combined with the latest research on restorative movement and the traditional Pilates Method. It has been developed by our leading clinical physiotherapist and international Pilates coaches. You can build this module towards your Fully Comprehensive Diploma one module at a time or flow them altogether from the start.  You can complete this qualification as the Classical Mat Pilates Diploma course or as a Classical Mat Pilates Diploma with extended course modules. These modules can extend your teaching repertoire. The classical mat pilates course teaches you the Joseph Pilates classical mat method of delivery of the 34 classical mat positions with, and without small mat equipment. You will learn how to apply the genius of his method to your teaching and how to sequence the exercises through the mobility phase through progression into the full classical mat position. 

Extended Course Option

We also offer an extended course with two choices of how to extend your diploma.  You will attend the same full mat Pilates option above from either the face to face option, the live streaming taught option or the fully online self study option and choose one of the options below to extend your diploma and Pilates teaching for the additional cost as below. 

Option 1: You can extend your course by adding the Level 4 Pilates Therapy Exercise course mat module option. This course will teach you how to adapt your Pilates method for clients that present with musculoskeletal conditions using Mat Pilates.  This will cost an additional £500. 

Option 2: You can extend your course by adding The Foundation Studio Reformer certification. This course will teach you the stage 1 and stage 2 repertoire from the MK/Drummond Reformer Pilates training stage 1 and 2. This course will not only qualify you to teach studio reformer one to one but also group reformer classes. This will cost an additional £500

The Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates Diploma and training is exactly the same diploma and training days which ever option you choose. The difference in the extended option is the additional certificates.  If you prefer different modules to build your programme please do let us know as we can bespoke the programme for your needs. You can also combine two level 3 programmes together. 

What our learners say: “The Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Mat Pilates course and your fantastic support have proven instrumental in my desire to learn more and continue helping people with my newly found skills.” MM, Dec 2021 “Although I am new to the industry, I feel like I have been given the tools to be a really good instructor, I am always going to be conscious of the purpose of each exercise and the anatomy behind it.” (JL, Oct 2020)