Carshalton Athletic Football Academy
Summary
The Carshalton Athletic Football Academy is a full time sports and educational program at Stanley Park High.
The main aim of the Academy is to enable promising young football players (16-18yrs) to continue with further education whilst striving to become semi-pro or professional football players.
Successful applicants typically join the first year of the academy in the school term directly following the GCSE exams (Year 12). The Academy program runs for a two year period. During this time students will spend about half the week studying for A Level or BTEC qualifications and the other half participating in the football development program. Each student will receive approximately 6-9 hours per week in active training.
The academy also be accepts particularly talented students directly into year 13 for a one year program.
Applications
Students can apply to register for the academy from as early as the age of fifteen (Year 10), but more usually students will apply when they are in their GCSE year (year 11).
Preliminary Trails for the season commencing 2012/13 will be held in October 2011.
October 25th - 9am
Kingston University Sports Ground,
Old Kingston Road,
Tolworth KT4 7QH.
Please register in advance by sending an email with your name, address, Date of birth and contact details to:
The scheme is likely to be oversubscribed, so we recommend registering your interest at the earliest possible time. Further trials will be conducted later in the academic year.
Ian Hazel - Academy Coach
Academy Teams
Academy students make up the following Carshalton Athletic Teams.
The Reserves Team (Suburban Premier League)
The Ryman Youth League (Floodlit)
The Football Conference Youth Alliance League
Many academy students have been successful in breaking into the first team at the age of 17 and 18.
The club has a bold youth development policy in place which forms the basis for first team recruitment.
