About

The Carshalton Athletic Football Academy is a combined education & football development program for male students aged 16-18. The academic part of the program is run in partnership with JACE training and funded by the ESFA. To learn more about JACE please click here

This is a two year sixth form Level 3 BTEC program and runs alongside the normal school year.
Applicants for the 2025/26 program must be aged 16 or 17 on the 31st August 2025 to be eligible.

  • For players with ambitions of a semi-professional or professional playing career.
  • For students with ambitions of an off-the-pitch career in the football or the sports business. 
  • For students with ambitions of a university degree.

Click here to explore off-the-pitch careers
Football competitions include; The Youth FA Cup, The FA Cup, The FA Trophy, The National Alliance Academy League, The English Colleges league,  The Isthmian Premier League, The Surrey County Cup, The Isthmian League Cup. 

Academy “Open Day Trials”

Want to find out more? Why not spend a few hours at the Academy to experience what its like, speak to the coaches and tutors and meet the existing students. 

If your ambition is for a career as a footballer, and you want to play football for an academy team, then you will take part in a football trial, if not then you can explore your “off-the-pitch” career ambitions with our tutors.

Open day Itinerary

  • Arrival 9.00am-9.20am
  • Breakfast upon Arrival
  • Meet the coaches, tutors, and students
  • Presentation by the First Team Manager
  • Football Trial (optional depending on your career ambitions)
  • Debrief 
  • Lunch
  • End 1.00pm-1.15pm

You can register for the next open-day here
Once you have registered for an Open Day Trial with us then will provide you with a letter to give to your existing school to explain your absence. Open day Trials are held on Fridays.

Please visit these web pages for more information
Most recent academic results
Frequently Asked Questions
Football Competitions
The Academic Programme
About BTECs and A Levels
The Football Programme
The Admissions Process
Academy Brochure
Policy Documents and Downloads