Through the programme students receive daily training from UEFA qualified coaches with years of experience working in professional academies alongside a varied and comprehensive game programmes against semi-professional and professional clubs as well as our own highly competitive league programme.
Following our first intake of students we are delighted with the take up of the Football Academy leading to our course being overwhelmingly oversubscribed, resulting in a fantastic first cohort of able footballers and hardworking students. Subscribing to our Sixth Form ethos of “Excellence for All”, we are delighted to support our students to reach the heights of their potential in both their footballing and academic endeavours. Moving into the future years, we are sure that this will only go from strength to strength as our nurturing and encouraging Sixth Form environment will push our students to the very top of their potential.
Students joining us in September 2024 will also be fortunate enough to enjoy two more major assets for our programme in the shape of our very own gym facility and the Thorpe Football Academy specialist training and match pitch. Our gym facility is ideal to support the athletic development of our players featuring multiple cardio machines and weights stations to rival commercial gyms. Alongside the use of this gym facility will receive their own strength and conditioning programme to support their understanding of how to train for maximal performance. The TFA training and match pitch will then provide the perfect surface for our students to hone their skills as if they were training on a professional training ground.
Alongside all the exciting new facilities we have to offer, the Thorpe Football Academy will provide a pathway into multiple careers within the sport industry such as coaching, performance analysis, sport nutrition, sports psychology and sports science. The Academy will be working with numerous partners within the sport industry to ensure that students are provided with ample opportunities to meet both their footballing and career goals. A key facet of the course will also be to ensure our students gain as many lifelong memories in the form of extra curricular trips as possible, for example our students have already visited Wembley stadium twice for a tour and for an England National Team fixture.
The course is specifically designed for those students who are looking to reach the next level within their footballing development and push themselves to achieve their goals academically in a Sixth Form ranked in the top 25% of the country.
