Football boarding school in Manchester and Ellesmere, UK

English Lessons + Football

You dream of training in a professional football academy. It would be chance to see how far you could go.
Would you love to improve your English language skills, but also want to be the best football player that you can be? You can do both at IHM Football Academy.
Your confidence whilst speaking English will grow day by day. It feels great to make friends, in English, with other young footballers, just like you, from all over the world. Living, studying and playing football in Manchester, the home of English football, is like a dream come true!
At IHM you can take English language classes every morning in our accredited English language school and then join our football coaching sessions with our professionally qualified coaches every afternoon.
IHM Football Academy will help you to be the best player and the best person that you can be:
– Be coached by UEFA qualified coaches
– Earn the chance to trial with Spanish & Portuguese professional clubs

What’s included:

  • 10 hours per week football coaching
  • Match play (subject to availability in the closed season)
  • 15 hours per week of classroom based English language lessons in-house (International House Manchester (British Council accredited school)
  • Supervised creation of an individual player profile / career cv
  • Entry to “The IHM Coaching Panel” – opportunities for pro club trials, US soccer scholarships, further or higher education
  • IHM kit pack:3 socks, 3 shorts, 3 tops, 1 tracksuit, 1 rain jacket
  • Gym membership
  • Standard homestay accommodation
  • Airport transfers on arrival and departure (Manchester airport)
  • Registration fees

Course Dates – Availability

This course runs throughout the academic year (September to June).
Students can start any Monday, within these dates, and stay for as many weeks as they would like – minimum course duration = two weeks​.

Football Academy Holidays:

Please note that whilst the English language school (and accommodation) remains open all year round (school closes on the days of public holidays), the football academy closes in line with the academic terms of Abbey College Manchester on the following dates:

2023/2024
Half Term – Monday 23rd October to Friday 27th October 2023

Christmas – Monday 18th December to Friday 5th January 2024

Half Term - Monday 19th February to Friday 23rd February 2024

Easter – Monday 25th March to Friday 5th April 2024

Summer Holidays – Starts Monday 24th June 2024

NB – Extra English language classes are provided during the afternoons, in place of football coaching / match play, during the above holiday periods when the football academy is closed.

Example Timetable

Player testimonial

Nahuel, age 23, joined us from Argentina for an English + football course.

The IHM Coaching Panel

Sitting twice a year, once in December and again in June, our panel will consider the merits of each IHM student player who has:
1 submitted a complete player profile (we will guide you)
2 consistently demonstrated the correct mental attitude and displayed good character at all times
3 engaged in all classroom tasks and activities
4 demonstrated appropriately high football skills and fitness
The Panel will then decide whether to recommend the player attends professional football club trials in Portugal or Spain.
The Panel will consist of the IHM senior coaching team.

Prices

DurationAge 16/17
2 weeks£1842.00
4 weeks£3459.00
8 weeks£6694.00
12 weeks£9812.00
15 weeks£12056.00
22 weeks£17,320.00
DurationAge 18+
2 weeks£1,760.00
4 weeks£3,286.00
8 weeks£6,347.00
12 weeks£9,235.00
15 weeks£11,314.00
22 weeks£16,165.00

When enrolling and attending the IH Manchester English + football programme, you are enrolling on an educational study programme as a full time student. Therefore, any students who are attending the programme from outside of the EU and have been granted leave to enter the UK by a student visa are not allowed to access public funds nor are they allowed to work in the UK, either paid or unpaid.
Working would include playing professional football for a club in the UK or amateur football for an amateur FA registered football club. Throughout the programme IH Manchester arrange a variety of experiences for students to attend scouting opportunities with clubs in the UK. Should a non EU visa student be successful in being scouted by a professional or amateur club in the UK, it would be the responsibility of the club and the individual player to ensure that they have secured the relevant UK work visa and permissions for this. We also only recommend doing this following the successful completion of the student’s course of study and with full compliance with the terms of their UK student visa.