Sports Football Academies Cricket
Our Cricket Academy has strong links with county partners Sussex and Kent County Cricket and many of our pupils are involved in County teams and pathways, with many of our pupils transitioning from the Senior School 1st XI through the England U19s, county cricket, franchise cricket and beyond.
Our Football Academy is led by UEFA licenced, fully qualified and experienced coaches with a professional background in football. Our elite First Year players will join our junior academy through to ISFA and county and professional clubs.
At Bede’s Senior School, we have Academies in our Core Sports (Cricket, Football, Hockey and Tennis) which run all year round. In addition to the access to world-class facilities, professional level coaching and a structured programme of training, membership of a sports academy at Bede’s offers:
Our Senior players join the Bede’s HUDL football league, a prestigious independent schools league which offers year round training and fixtures against local academies and Premier League Football Clubs such as Brighton & Hove Albion.
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In hockey, our pupils have access to a full two-term club season through our external partnerships, including entry into all local, regional and national competitions plus a summer league.
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Individualised strength and conditioning programmes Nutritional optimisation Sports psychology (relevant to a pupil’s sport) Individually tailored participation programmes to optimise pupils’ performance Progression tracking alongside academic studies Links to regional and national squads with the opportunity to represent the School to drive progression Additional one-to-one or small group coaching outside of the School Term
Hockey Tennis Our Tennis Academy offers tennis over four levels on a recreational, developmental, performance and elite level with the aim of instilling a disciplined, professional and high quality approach to practice, training and competition. Pupils also have the opportunity to gain a Level 1 coaching qualification, allowing for a breadth of opportunity and inspiring the next generation of players.
Netball “I feel inspired and supported by the coaches at Bede’s. Knowing I am being developed as a sportsperson by a team of cricket coaches who have had professional backgrounds in the sport really drives me. I enjoy sport so much at Bede’s and also representing the School.” Freya, Upper Sixth 10
We play and train across all three terms including entering both the Thursday evening Summer and Winter Eastbourne Netball Leagues to form a year round competitive programme.
Swimming
In Swimming there is 12 hours of contact time avaliable per week, across all three terms including landbase training. We enter all the regional and national competitions.
