The FA Secondary Schools Programme
Ensuring that football is at the heart of school life...
Imagine the lively morning debates before school about last night’s game, the eager walk to class after the highs and lows of a world cup final played out at break-time, the sense of pride when representing your school team, the elation of scoring a goal after an amazing passing sequence between teammates, the inspiring classroom conversations about the pathway to England, and the times when we stop and think and relive those moments all over again looking back as adults.
We all know that football is like no other in its ability to capture the hearts and minds of school children, inspiring these young people whilst uniting them to create powerful life-time memories, particularly throughout secondary school.
The FA believe that every young person should have access to these inspirational experiences and be in the position to create happy memories of football in school life. It is the FA's mission to make this possible by supplying teachers with the ideas, tools and resources that they value whilst engaging with them closely to ensure they are continually supported. This will be achieved through the new FA Secondary School Programme.
The programme is free to all schools and comprises four clear elements:
After Schools Football
Leadership
Intra Schools Football
Inter Schools Football
Resources
Each of the elements above are supported by a multitude of resources and ideas to support delivery, available through a variety of digital channels, with printed versions and Nike merchandise options also available via the Schools Football Shop which will be available from September.
Digital and Social Media
To support engagement The FA Secondary Schools Programme has also launched a series of specific social media feeds for teachers which will highlight new resources that can be accessed whilst opening discussion topics which are relevant for schools each week meaning that ideas are always at your fingertips.
Follow The FA Secondary Schools Programme on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, via @FASchools and all information about how to enrol from the middle of June will be posted there.
Enrol now
All schools have to do to enrol is to visit the new online FA Schools Portal and create a profile. All resources will be stored here for easy access. The portal and launch will be officially live from 15th June.
Partners Links
The FA Secondary Schools Programme is delivered in close partnership with national partners English Schools F.A. and Independent Schools F.A. together with the network of County Football Associations across the country.
Visit their websites here:
English Schools F.A. http://www.esfa.co.uk/
Independent Schools F.A. http://www.isfa.org.uk/