BEECHWOOD
ELITE FOOTBALL PROGRAMME

The Beechwood Elite Football Programme represents a unique opportunity for students to pursue their football dreams without sacrificing their academic journey. It's where education and football excellence harmoniously unite to shape the future players of tomorrow.

The emphasis is placed purely on the importance of maintaining a focused and personalized approach. The success of the programme is judged purely by the growth and development of players, rather than winning matches.

Instead of being driven by numbers that compromises the quality of the programme, we set a maximum for each age group to ensure we can concentrate on nurturing the potential of each student.

We have a proven track record of successful outcomes for 7-18 year old boy and girl student players within professional football, British Universities and US College Scholarships.

We offer a bespoke, integrated timetable ensuring the right balance is met from a football and academic perspective, set in a school with a reputation for both a caring environment and excellent academic results.

Our programme offers an environment found in professional football academies, including cutting edge sport science and performance analysis.

Our small elite training squads enable us to focus on developing the individual, creating programmes that are supported by an unparalleled online player hub.

We support players already at professional clubs by supplementing their existing training.

The hallmark of the Elite Football Programme is its unwavering focus on individual player development.

Instead of being driven by mass numbers, the programme concentrates on nurturing the potential of each student and therefore has a limited number of places in order to maintain the highest levels. The small elite training squads allows a personalized approach to ensure that every student-athlete receives the guidance and support necessary to reach their full potential.

We have highly qualified staff with vast experience in football development both in Category 1 Academy environments and within an educational setting dedicated to each players development.

Don’t take our word for it! We have ambassadors that are players and coaches who have been at the very highest levels of the game that we have worked with and are putting their names to what we are offering.

We offer termly parent information evenings where our staff help educate parents on how to help support their child’s development. We continue to have relationships with former parents and players of the programme and continue to offer support.

We are more affordable than other programmes and have a significantly better infrastructure to maximise player development.

Beechwood is a renowned independent co-educational day and boarding school for students aged 3 to 18 years. It is located in the much sort after area of Royal Tunbridge Wells.

Beechwood is renowned for its pastoral support and has a reputation for producing outstanding value added for academic results.

The Small class sizes allow for teachers to offer more attention and support to students and also supports bespoke timetables.

Beechwood is in most accessible location for professional clubs within London and the Southeast. London is easily accessible with regular direct trains taking 40 minutes.

Yes, we do, and we are proud that our boarding has a distinct family atmosphere, providing students with a home away from home.

We have outstanding facilities for our boarders with furbished and spacious rooms.

The catering on offer at Beechwood is second to none and renowned for its high quality amongst the students.

A key concern for parents and students alike is the impact of intensive football training on academic progress. The Elite Football Programme will not compromise pupils' education, in fact we believe we can enhance it.

In an age where a well-rounded education is vital, this dual approach equips students with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in any career they choose.

We have unrivalled experience and expertise at combining both education and football at the highest level and offer bespoke timetables to support individual academic achievement.

Beechwood offers a wide variety of GCSE, A-Level and BTEC Diploma options. Any Players in professional clubs will have bespoke support to catch up academically.

The programme gives players the opportunity to access professional football with the best academies in the South East with links to clubs across London and the UK.

We introduce players to clubs regionally and professionally, from the best grass roots all the way to category 1 academies ensuring a bespoke player development pathway.

To supplement this, we offer half termly fixtures to give exposure and allow progression Fixtures against academies to showcase and challenge players.

Entry into Independent Schools Football Association (ISFA) national competitions and the opportunity for players selected for ISFA England national team.

Thanks to our extensive contacts in the professional football world, students at Beechwood School can access various career avenues should they not make it as professional footballers.

Our staff have expertise across a wide variety of sports careers including coaching, scouting, physiotherapy, performance analysis, sports psychology, strength & conditioning, nutrition, sports marketing, journalism football agency.

We take some of the most exciting cultural tours to the best football destinations in the UK and abroad. Destinations have included Chelsea, Brighton, Crystal Place, Madrid, Barcelona, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Paris St. Germain

Substantial investments have been made to prepare the pitches and equip the facilities. These preparations ensure that the students have access to world-class resources, further underpinning the commitment to nurturing football talent.

Future proofed facilities, including a Strength and Conditioning suite, grass pitches (drainage system and irrigation) and multi-use flood lit Astro turf. We have exclusive use of our partners brand new 4G astro turf in a stadium environment.

All resources are available for players and parents to see on our innovative online player hub that gives access to a player’s progress with real time data.

Every player receives an Individual Development Plan (IDP), which gives agreed termly targets for the 4 corners of elite performance: Technical, Tactical, Psychological and Biopsychosocial.

We have a unique partnership with Playermaker who can give real time data to evidence physical and technical development both at school and for a player’s club.

The sport science team perform regular fitness tests to ensure we are monitoring a player’s physical development.

We have termly parent meetings to discuss a player’s progress and achievement. We give season reports to allow goal setting for futures years.

Players will all receive 4-6 sessions per week that will fit alongside their training and matches with their chosen club. We follow a syllabus of tactical weekly themes specific to an individual’s position.

The week will be comprised of an IDP focus session, technical and tactical sessions combined with strength & conditioning (gym and pitch) for physical development and injury prevention (supplemented by a triage service with our physiotherapist if required)

We offer sports psychology through our mental performance coach who delivers 1:1, small group and workshop sessions.

Borders are offered extra strength & conditioning sessions in the evenings and Saturday morning on pitch sessions.

We are selective as we want to ensure all players have a similar mindset, ability and goal in reaching their full potential.

Complete the form stack application form above and our admissions team will get in touch to organise a tour or online meeting and take you through the simple application process.

We will then invite you for a trial session or we can assess players through video footage.

Beechwood independent school only offers scholarships for outstanding players, we assess this based on the players previous clubs and part of our trial selection process.

Both the school and the elite football programme fees are available on this link:

https://www.beechwood.org.uk/admissions/fees/