FL Elite Football Programme

At a glance

Course Location

Dublin
Course Dates and Prices

Please check our Summer Calendar
Duration

2 weeks+
Arrival days

Saturdays
Class Size

15 max
Student Age

12 to 17 years old
Individuals* and Groups

Groups must be accompanied by a Group Leader – *Individual only accepted in Dublin
Entry Requirements

Minimum level of English: A2 Pre-Intermediate
Cultural Activities

2 cultural activities per week
Accommodation

Full board Host family & Residential
Transport to School

‘Homestay students are provided with a travel pass to get to and from school. Residential students walk’.

Factsheet

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Programme Introduction

Located in Abbotstown, Dublin, the Future Learning Soccer Academy is Ireland’s first full-time soccer academy and a leading destination for both Irish and international players seeking to advance their careers. Whether aspiring to compete at a higher level on the pitch or pursue opportunities within the wider soccer industry, our academy provides a professional environment designed to support long-term success.

Since its establishment in 2010, this International Soccer Academy has welcomed players from across the globe, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, and the Caribbean. This diverse, international community creates a unique learning and playing experience, preparing athletes to compete and collaborate in the modern global game.

Our programme extends far beyond football training. We are committed to providing a safe, supportive, and enriching learning environment that places equal emphasis on personal development, education, and leadership. By focusing on the holistic growth of each player, we equip our students with the skills, discipline, and confidence needed to succeed both on and off the field.

Learner Profile

This programme is designed for learners aged 12–17 who are interested in developing key 21st-century skills such as communication, collaboration, creative problem-solving, and digital literacy through the medium of English. Using football as an engaging and meaningful context, learners enhance these skills both in the classroom and on the pitch, where teamwork, leadership, and strategic thinking are central to daily activities.

Through structured training sessions, match analysis, and football-focused workshops, participants apply their language and learning skills in real-world sporting environments. The programme also encourages learners to engage with other cultures through football, while exploring the science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths (STEAM+AI) behind the modern game — including sports science, performance analysis, and innovation in coaching.

Based in Dublin, at the heart of Ireland’s capital city, the programme offers a unique blend of education, sport, and cultural experience, supporting personal development both on and off the field.

Learner Outcomes

Future Learning’s summer STEAM+AI programme is about much more than incorporating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math into the afternoon activity programme. The STEAM+AI workshops engage students’ creative and critical thinking skills in multi-sensory interaction with the physical world and help them develop the language to describe those experiences.

By the end of the course, participants will have developed a greater understanding of the responsible and effective use of information and communication technology, fulfilling project team roles and how to use problem-solving skills to complete tasks creatively.become more able to contribute to and facilitate exchanges between different cultures while also being more able to identify the cause of misunderstandings and work to repair them. improved language competencies through exchanging information, expressing and justifying opinions and developing their ability to make complex arguments incorporating other ideas and responding to them in their summer programme.

Dublin STEAM+AI Programme – Summer School

Our Incredible Young Learner Summer STEAM+AI Dublin campus is located in Belvedere College, a well known private school, in the heart of Dublin City Centre. This is the school where James Joyce attended. The campus boasts a 25metre 5 lane indoor swimming pool, a gym, a restaurant, a refectory, a music suite, a museum and art gallery, a theatre, an all weather roof top 7-a-side football pitch and a 60m eight lane rooftop running track. Also located a twenty minute walk away and part of the campus; 3 hard tennis courts, 1 all weather pitch, 5 grass rugby pitches, a cricket pitch and 1 grass soccer pitch. This is truly one of the best locations and boasts the most incredible facilities for an international summer school, you will not be disappointed!

Accommodation – Dublin STEAM+AI Programme

Residential Accomodation

Dublin city centre has many fine student residential options to offer international students. FL uses the best quality accommodation in the city. Our student accommodation is perfectly located close to our campus so you can easily travel to and from there.

Residential accommodation allows the freedom of being close to your friends and living in the centre of Dublin throughout your stay with us. We typically offer students six to eight single ensuite bedrooms in one shared apartment.

1. You’ll have access to the large shared living and kitchen area with your co-students.

2. All rooms come with an en-suite shower room, 4ft double bed, spacious work areas, and plenty of storage.

3. We also offer some great social spaces including an outdoor basketball court, a cinema room, pool tables, a modern gym with hi-spec equipment, a large study area, a cosy roof terrace, and a spacious outdoor courtyard area.

Samples of STEAM+AI activities & Cultural excursions

On the FL Dublin Summer Programme all of the afternoon activities are focused on the development of the English language through STEAM-focused workshops. We like to utilise all the facilities of the school and we have created a unique afternoon programme which has a strong link with the morning lessons. Sample afternoon workshops which are led by qualified teachers include: Electronics, Science, Baking, Robotics, Photography, Art, Drama and Dance. Afternoon activities take place from 14:00 to 16:20 four times per week, students depart the school at 16:30.

Science & Technology

Electronics: design, create and present an individual piece of work which will include an element of electronics

Robotics: introduction to robotics vocabulary to complete basic coding to make a robot move

Engineering & Maths

Astronomy & Rocket: making explore the planets’ relationship to one another by building a scale model, and then, in teams, you will build a rocket and launch it.

Construction challenge: build your very own standing tower out of wood – precision and balance are the challenge in this game.