Diploma in Sport - Football Academy

Our Football Academy allows you to train in our state-of-the-art facilities including a 3G sports pitch, gym and sports hall, alongside gaining a diploma in sport qualification.

Joining the academy will provide you with training, support, guidance, coaching and professional work experience opportunities.

Our sport diploma courses are specifically tailored to football and provide you with the education and skills to further develop your career opportunities and gain access to employment or higher level qualifications.

The sport diploma courses range from Level 1 to Level 3. Your initial application will be for a Level 1 sport course, however this will change when you attend an interview, depending on your predicted grades/qualifications.

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All players in our Football Academy will receive:

• A bespoke Level 1 to Level 3 Sport Diploma course tailored to football
• Free training kit and tracksuit
• 6 hours per week (3 sessions of 2 hours) of professional football coaching
• Wednesday afternoon match in a college football league
• Affiliation with a major football club
• Work experience opportunities at the stadium
• Complimentary tickets for learners to selected high profile matches
• Opportunities to work with the club sports analyst in using Dartfish to analyse games
• On-site medical support for injury prevention and rehabilitation
• Free access to the college gym and fitness suite under coach supervision
• Free fitness, strength and conditioning, exercise and nutrition programmes designed and monitored for you

In addition to the above, Elite Academy players will receive:

• Opportunity to become a college-sponsored athlete – value of up to £2500 per year

To be considered for the Football Academy, you must be:

• Aged 16, 17 or 18 on 31 August in the year you start your course
• Enrolled onto either a full-time or part-time course at The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London or any college within the Captial City College Group (Westminster Kingsway or City & Islington)
• Successful in a football academy trial

To be considered for the football academy you should attend one of our trials (more information and registration at www.conel.ac.uk/student-life/sports-academies/). In regards to your diploma qualification, this will be assessed through a number of practical, theory and presentation activities.

There is no cost to being part of the football academy. Both the sport diploma course and football academy are free for all 16-18 year olds.

You could progress to employment in the Sport and Active Leisure sector or progress to higher level qualifications.