Be the best you can be, football academy, football education programme, sixth form, devizes

Football Education Programme

Football Academy for Sixth Form Students

Combine your passion for football with a full-time education and development programme, and benefit from an outstanding learning and teaching experience which will push you to be the best you can be, and set you on the path to establishing yourself within the sports industry. 

Wiltshire FA has partnered with Devizes School & Sixth Form College to launch a post 16 education program which will be based at Green Lane Playing Fields in Devizes. 

From September 2023, we are recruiting a squad of male players, in years 12 and 13 (ages 16-18), to be coached by a UEFA qualified coach and to compete in fixtures on a weekly basis. 

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for local players to take their game to the next level with an outstanding learning experience led by Devizes School. The programme offers a unique timetable for each student which is complemented by a football program delivered by UEFA-qualified coaches at Green Lane Playing Fields, the £ 2.4 million home of Wiltshire FA.

Students will be coached for a minimum of 5 hours per week and complete in a competitive national league alongside their studies. The program also offers a recognised coaching or refereeing qualification delivered by FA Tutors, a unique player pathway for every individual with local senior teams, full Nike training and match kit, and opportunities to develop personal skills both in and outside of the game.

Students be required to have a place at Devizes School and 6th form college accepted prior to the 2023/2024 academic year starting in September. School admissions info can be found here

What we offer...

✅ Train and play at our £2 million bespoke football facility

✅ High quality UEFA coaching and weekly competitive matches 

✅ Nike playing and training kit 

✅ Unique player pathways overseen by FA staff for all players 

✅ Introduction to coaching or referee’s qualification funded with tutor support

Be the best you can be, football academy, football education programme, sixth form, devizes

For more information contact:

David.Ridley@WiltshireFA.com

OPeN EVENING AND trial dates

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OPEN EVENING

Come and find out more about our Football Education Programme

Date: Wednesday 20 December
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: Green Lane Playing Fields (SN10 5EP)

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TRIAL DATES

Trial dates will be announced early 2024.

For more info please email David.Ridley@WiltshireFA.com

FAQ'S

Students that are successful at trials will be provisionally offered a place on the football education program, they must then have a place confirmed and enrolled as a student at Devizes School 6th form. Each student’s unique class timetable runs alongside the football program so that they can attend training and fixtures. 

Parents must contribute £200 to the cost of the program. This covers league and cup registration with the AoC, a Coaching course, Refereeing Course and full Nike training and match kit which usually costs £645.00.  Devizes School and Wiltshire FA will cover the remainder of the costs for every student.

To register for trials please use the following link to declare your interest - 

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

To register with the 6th form please use the following link - 

DEVIZES SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

Our open evening is on Wednesday 20 December, 6-8pm at Green Lane Playing Fields.

Trial dates will be announced early in 2024.

All subjects that are on offer to students at Devizes School 6th Form are available for student-athletes partaking in the football education program. A full list with details in the school prospectus can be found on the following link 

DEVIZES SIXTH FORM PROPECTUS

The team will play fixtures weekly and will be coached 5 hours per week by UEFA-qualified coaches. Each player will get a unique player pathway with opportunities to play the level best suited to their ability and potential.  

The first year of the program which is launching in September 2024 is currently male-only, intending to add a female team in September 2025.

get in touch

For questions or more information about the Wiltshire FA and Devizes School Football Academy, please contact:

David Ridley, Facility Manager on David.Ridley@WiltshireFA.com