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Why Millfield Football?

Tours Tournaments Millfield is to be the world leader
Millfield Football arrange and Festivals for the development of children,
and a key strand to our mission is
international tours, with students Millfield Football provide to be the best at immersing
gaining both football and life invitational tournaments for our students in limitless academic,
experiences, including training at junior teams which enables our artistic and sporting opportunities.
professional clubs, fixtures students to experience competing In Football, we achieve this with
against academies and attending against professional club specialist coaches, a dynamic and
top level fixtures. Recent academies, district and county flexible timetable, full boarding
destinations include Holland, school teams as well as grassroots provision and catering for all
USA, South Africa and Spain. The clubs. There are three main abilities and aspirations in both
tours are an essential part of tournaments that take place academics and sport.
Millfield footballers’ annually:
development; they provide We do it all on one amazing
players with experiences that not • October – Millfield Invitational campus, with no need to travel
only expand their football Youth Tournament (U15 Boys) between school and training
knowledge and capabilities but – 8-10 teams from professional grounds.
gives them insights into other club academies.
cultures. Boys and Girls at – Five fixtures for Millfield teams Player-to-Coach
Millfield are given access to across a two-day competition.
ESFA competitions competitive opportunity, across Term multiple trips across five-years • April – ESFA Easter Festival Development
The English Schools Football 1 and 2, enables our 1st team to play (Year 9 – Upper Sixth). (U14/U15 Boys) We encourage our students to fully

Association is the national against like-minded schools across – 16 teams from district and immerse themselves within the
governing body of school and the country. Trips county schools’ associations. game by exploring football
college football with 14,000 Alongside international tours, – Five fixtures for Millfield teams opportunities beyond just playing.
teams from state and indepenedent Regional league students have the chance to take across a three-day competition. Students have the opportunity to
schools entering the competition. We The Wessex Independent Schools part in domestic trips, where they • April – England Emerging qualify as Level 1 and Level 3
enter national cup competitions for League and South West Independent are given the opportunity to Talent Centre Tournament Sports Leaders, participate in
our U14, U15, U16 & U18 boys’ teams Schools League provide competitive watch live games in England, (U15 Girls) external placements and begin
and U15 and U18 for our girls’ teams. opportunities for our development accessing tickets to see local – Eight representative teams their coaching journeys through
teams to compete on a termly basis English Premier League fixtures, from across the region the FA Playmaker leading to FA
We have national success at U18 against other independent schools EFL Championship games, – Four fixtures for Millfield teams Level 1 course.
boys’ level, with our U18 First Team from across the region. England Women’s International across a one-day tournament.
winning the U18 Cup on four games as well as England Youth Former Millfield student Mark
occasions (including in 2025) and the Block fixtures Internationals. A Development Bullingham, who is the current
U18 2nd team winning the U18B Block fixtures are an integral part Environment CEO of The Football Association,
Team Cup once in 2024. is testament to the footballing
of the independent schools Potential locations for live Sport is synonymous with
opportunities and are historic in their fixtures are Bristol City, Bristol Millfield, and we are proud to opportunities available on leaving
National league nature across multiple sports. In Rovers, Exeter City, Plymouth emphasise the significant impact the school.
Millfield are one of 10 Football, we have regular block Argyle and Southampton. it can have on student
independent fixtures against other schools from development. Our vision at
schools who compete in the HUDL across the region and beyond.
League at U18 1st team level. This

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