ILM Level 7 Qualifications in Executive Coaching & Mentoring

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The International Centre for Coaching in Education (ICCE) delivers ILM Level 7 qualifications in Executive Coaching and Mentoring, tailored specifically for senior leaders (and aspiring senior leaders) in international schools. These qualifications are designed to equip experienced professionals with the skills, knowledge, and credibility to coach at an executive level and to embed coaching cultures across complex educational settings.

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Our coaching programmes and qualifications are designed to help you grow your practice, refine your unique coaching style, and support you at every stage of your journey toward becoming a confident professional coach.

With over years of experience delivering ILM accredited training, we have crafted a flexible and engaging learning experience that goes beyond skills development. We see learning as a journey, one that culminates in you discovering and defining your own signature coaching style.

Which ILM Level 7 Qualification is right for you?

We offer the ILM L7 Executive Coaching and Mentoring course at Certificate and Diploma level.
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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.

Why Choose ICCE?

Through our 20+ years in training coaches using ILM based programmes, we have sought to create a flexible, engaging and rich learning journey. We see learning as a journey with the aim at the end of you being able to identify your coaching signature style.
  • 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 the support of your peers on our LMS platform to understand the theory of executive coaching.
  • 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 this course

Benefits for individuals
Benefits for employers
  • 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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