Level 1
Essential Standard
The professional baseline for Reformer studios.
- Pre-exercise screening and onboarding
- Introductory process, assessment and appropriate class placement
- Red-flag, contraindication and referral procedures
- Minimum instructor qualification requirements
- Appropriate supervision and class-size considerations
- Policies for pregnancy, osteoporosis and other relevant client considerations
- Reformer cleaning, inspection and maintenance processes
- Incident and near-miss reporting
- Emergency procedures and staff responsibilities
- Essential client and studio documentation
Level 1 answers the question: Are the essential systems in place to operate responsibly and consistently?
Level 2
Enhanced Professional Practice
For studios ready to demonstrate deeper teaching quality and operational consistency.
- More developed instructor education and continuing professional development
- Consistent teaching, observation and correction standards
- Purposeful class programming and progression
- Instructor onboarding and internal quality systems
- More developed client pathways and communication
- Ongoing review of studio practice and professional development
Level 2 requires Level 1.
Level 3
Advanced Studio Standard
The highest IRPSA accreditation level for studios demonstrating advanced professional capability.
- Advanced instructor knowledge and experience
- Capability for specialist and higher-needs populations within appropriate scope
- Relevant expertise in areas such as older adults, pre/postnatal work and rehabilitation-informed practice
- Broader Pilates apparatus knowledge where applicable to the studio model
- Advanced professional development and quality-management culture
Level 3 requires Levels 1 and 2.
