This appears to be a minefield, anyone have any experience of courses?
I’m in the West Midlands, Stourbridge/Dudley area.

The Royal Marines.

Speak to this guy.

No experience of courses but I know one of the tutors and he really knows his stuff :

http://www.eastmidlandsfitnessacademy.co.uk

I qualified with the YMCA just because if I ever used it I wanted a qual that people had heard of. It was expensive. Some of the tutors were brilliant, others not so much. They keep messing around with the courses which can be a pain if you’re studying part time (you think you’ve nearly completed all the elements you need for a qual … and then they change the course and you have to pay again to do a new version of a component you’ve already done).

I’ve used Premier Training for all of my courses.
I’ve done about 10 different courses up to Level 4 with them and always found them great to deal with.
Ive recommended them to others too and had the same response.
Would look anywhere else if I were you