About Us
SPORTS ACADEMIES OPEN EVENING
Football and Dance take place on Monday 20th October.
Basketball and Netball take place on Tuesday 21st October.
Doors open at 4.30pm with presentations starting at 5pm, no late entry will be allowed.
You must complete the expression of interest form to be able to attend.
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The Football Academy, aimed at 16 –18-year-olds was originally established in 2003 for boys and was followed by the creation of the Girls Football Academy in 2009.
The Football Academy Programme enables elite student athletes to access a structured programme of high-level training and fixtures whilst continuing to have the opportunity to study their chosen level 3 academic courses.
The mission of our programme is to provide opportunities for those footballers who may have perhaps missed out on a professional scholarship (boys), be attached to regional centres of excellence (girls), who are late developers or are committed players who would like to maximise their abilities through a programme of daily individual training and competitive matches.
As part of this high-performance programme, we are committed to offering opportunities for all players to participate in tours and tournaments. Recently, the boys returned from the Weston Cup showcase tournament in Florida. In previous years, they also competed in the IMG Showcase Tournaments in Tampa, Florida, and the Dallas Cup in Texas.
Additionally, our girls’ team visited Florida in 2024 to compete in the Weston Cup, where they won the tournament. The girls have also participated in various other tournaments while on tour, including the Dallas Cup, Texas, 2015, Mayors cup, Las Vegas in 2019 and the IMG cup, Florida 2020.
Barking Abbey Football Academy consists of a dedicated team of UEFA ‘A’ and ‘B’ qualified coaches including three full time members of staff plus additional dedicated support staff in areas of strength and conditioning and physiotherapy.
The programme includes:
- State of the art FIFA approved 4G AG pitches
- A Licence Coaches
- Technical and Tactical Development
- Full Match Programme (FAYC) (NYLA) Professional Teams
- Strength and conditioning programme
- Match Analysis Technology
- Physiotherapy Provision
- International Tours
Academic Pathways including:
- 25 A Level Courses
- 3 Level 3 BTEC National Courses
- Coaching Qualifications/ Sports Leaders Awards/ Personal Training
Success Stories
Over 25 students progressed to professional clubs
Ex Students include: Bobby Zamora QPR FC, Darren Pratley Bolton FC Kane Ferdinand Peterborough FC, Wes Thomas Bournemouth FC, Michael Hector Reading FC, Rikish Bingham Wigan FC. Euan Mutale Dundee FC, Jess Norey East Fife FC, Kien Connelly Colchester United, Peter Angelov QPR FC, Jack Turner Burnley FC
- Over 75 students progressed to semi-professional clubs
- Over 100 students progressed to University in England
- Over 85 Scholarships to American Universities & Junior colleges
Honours
- International Youth Honours
- Olivia Smith (England U19’s) Alexandra Gatt (Malta U19’s)
- Kymani Nelson (Montserrat)
- 7 National Championships since 2000
- 6 England U18 Schools Internationals
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"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
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