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Summer football camps · Ages 11 to 18
A residential fortnight of daily coaching, competitive matches and campus life. We place players into camps run by partner schools and residential academies in the UK, the USA and Europe, and we tell you which one suits the player in front of us.
What it is
Players train and play daily, eat where the students eat, sleep on campus and are supervised around the clock. Some camps run at boarding schools, some at residential academies; the shape of the day is much the same. The football is the reason they come, and the living away from home is usually what changes them.
11–18
the age range, split into groups so a 12 year-old is not training against a 17 year-old
2 weeks
the usual block, though some camps run one week and some run three
3
regions we place into: the UK, the USA and Europe
What it is not
A camp is not a trial and no camp can promise a club or a school place. If a coach sees something, an introduction can follow. But book a camp for the fortnight itself, not for a scouting outcome.
Where they run
We place into camps in the UK, the USA and Europe. The region matters less than the operator: the checks further down this page are the same wherever the camp is.
Boarding school campuses
The largest group. Camps run on the grounds of schools we place into all year, which is why we know what the coaching and the supervision are actually like.College and academy programmes
Summer programmes with a college pathway attached. Worth a look for players already thinking about the US route rather than a UK school place.Club-affiliated academies
Residential academies on the continent, several attached to professional clubs. Shorter flights for European families and a different style of game.
Residential, not day camps
The camps we advise on are residential. Players live on site for the block, which is the half of the experience a day camp cannot give them.
Who it suits
A camp is a good decision for some players and a waste of a summer for others. It is easier to say which is which before you book than after.
What a week holds
Camps differ in detail, and we will tell you how the specific one you are considering runs. These four are common to all of them.
Coaching, daily
Technical work in the morning, tactical or position-specific work later. Small groups, and enough repetition to actually change something.
Games that mean something
In-house tournaments and fixtures against local sides. The English game is quicker and more physical than most arrivals expect, and two weeks is long enough to adjust.
Boarding house life
Shared rooms, dining hall, common room, laundry, lights out. Supervised around the clock by staff who do this for a living.
Trips, teammates, English
Squads are international wherever the camp is, so the friendships are global and most camps run at least one day out.This summer
Caldon: these three rows are placeholders. Send me the 2027 camps with venue, dates, age groups and price, and they become a real table. Until then the page says so rather than implying we have something to sell.
Camp one
Venue, dates and age groups to confirm.
From TO CONFIRM
Price, and what it includes, to confirm.
Camp two
Venue, dates and age groups to confirm.
From TO CONFIRM
Price, and what it includes, to confirm.
Camp three
Venue, dates and age groups to confirm.
From TO CONFIRM
Price, and what it includes, to confirm.
Places are allocated by the camp operator, not by us. We can tell you which ones are worth the money and get you in front of the right person.
Free, and independent
Tell us your child's age, level, dates and where you are flying from. We will say which camps fit, which do not, and whether a camp is the right use of the summer at all.
We are paid by schools and programmes on enrolment. Families pay us nothing.
Before you book
Summer camps are an unregulated market and the brochures look identical. These five questions separate them faster than any website will.
Coaching quality collapses at scale. So does supervision. Ask for both numbers, on the pitch and in the boarding house overnight.
Ask this Ask for the ratio in writing, for the specific week you are booking, not the brochure average.
A camp that trains a 12 year-old alongside a 17 year-old is running a holiday, not a programme. Good camps group by age and reassess by level in the first two days.
Ask this Ask what happens on day two if your child is in the wrong group.
A residential camp is a boarding operation with a football programme attached. There should be a named welfare lead, DBS-checked staff and a written safeguarding policy you can read before you book.
Ask this Ask for the policy document and the name of the designated safeguarding lead. A camp that hesitates has answered you.
Transfers, kit, laundry, insurance, trips and airport pick-ups are sometimes included and sometimes not. The gap between a headline price and the real one can be several hundred pounds.
Ask this Ask for the total, landed, including transfers from the airport you are actually flying into.
Some camps write a player report. Some make introductions where a player warrants one. Most do neither unless you ask.
Ask this Ask whether you get a written assessment, and who writes it.
We have been to the campuses and we know which operators answer these questions well. That is the whole service, and it costs you nothing.
For a short summer camp, most international families travel on a standard visitor visa rather than a Child Student visa, which is the route for a full school place. The rules depend on nationality and on length of stay, so check the current position on gov.uk before you book flights, and read our visa page for the school route.
Camps take committed players rather than only academy players. Groups are set by age and then adjusted by level in the first sessions. A child who plays regularly for a school or club team will not be out of their depth.
It can, and it is not the reason to go. Coaches do notice players and introductions do follow, but no camp can promise it. If a school place is the goal, the direct route is a school application, and we handle those.
We work with partners in the UK, the USA and Europe. Most of what we place into is in the UK, on the campuses of schools we visit through the year. The US programmes tend to carry a college pathway, and the European ones are often attached to professional clubs. Tell us where you are flying from and we will start there.
A fortnight is the usual block. Some operators run single weeks, and a few run three. Two weeks is long enough for a player to settle and be seen properly, and short enough to recover from if it does not suit them.
The camps we advise on are residential: players live on campus for the block. Day places exist at some venues. Ask us and we will tell you which.
Prices vary by operator, venue and length of block, and what is included varies more than the headline price does. Ask us for the landed cost of the specific camp you are considering, including transfers.
That is one of the better reasons to do a camp, and one of the reasons to be honest with us first. A fortnight is long enough to matter and short enough to recover from. Tell us how they were on their last school trip and we will give you a straight view.
Further reading
If a camp goes well
The routes a good fortnight can open.
Getting here
What international families sort out first.
For the player
Worth reading before they arrive.
Summer places go early
Age, level, dates that work and where you are flying from. We will come back with the camps worth your money.
Free to families. We are paid by schools and programmes on enrolment.
Which camp
Matched to age, level, dates and budget.
The booking
Introductions to the operator, and the questions asked for you.
Travel
Visitor visa guidance, flights and airport transfers.
And after
If the summer changes the plan, we handle the school route too.
