Applications for 2026 are NOW OPEN
Applications close 3.00pm Friday 25 April, 2025
Academy Overview
The Ormeau Woods State High School Academy of Football Excellence aims to develop the technical and tactical capabilities of all players. What sets us apart from other schools in the region is our professional and holistic approach to the design of the programme combined with the opportunities players have to develop their performance within the curriculum.
We work with Pro-Player, Feenix Futsal and BioActive to design and deliver the Football, Futsal and Strength & Conditioning curriculum areas of our programme. Our HPE theory units have been thoughtfully designed whereby we use football as a lens to teach students lifelong skills as required by ACARA, such as nutrition, mental health and positive relationships.
Academy Outline
Students receive 8 Football Academy sessions per week in Term 1 and Term 3. This comprises 4 Football sessions, 1 Futsal session, 1 Strength & Conditioning session and 2 HPE Theory sessions. In Term 2 and Term 4 students receive 4 outdoor Football Sessions per week.
Along the way, students have opportunities to gain formal qualifications in refereeing and coaching, to support the development of their leadership skills whilst providing potential pathways to employment within the Football industry.
FQ Academy League 1
From 2026, students who compete in FQ Academy League 1 for their club will receive one individual training session per week and opportunities to train and play up in age groups to enhance their development.
Goalkeepers
We have a Goalkeeper specific curriculum which has been designed by a UEFA B Qualified and former National Team Goalkeeper Coach. Once a week, a Pro-Player Goalkeeper Coach delivers goalkeeper-specific sessions to our goalkeepers. This is supplemented with additional Goalkeeper sessions each week from our internal qualified Goalkeeper Coach.
Underpinning our success is our commitment to high performance coaching from UEFA B and FFA B Diploma qualified coaches with experience in professional academy environments in Europe.
For further information about the programme, please contact our Academy of Football Excellence Head Coach, Josh Sheldon at
jrmeh0@eq.edu.au
To apply, please see below. We look forward to welcoming you for a trial soon.
Application GuideStudents who apply for the Academy of Soccer Excellence Program must complete a 2-stage process:
Stage One
- Complete a Sport Excellence Academies Application form (indicating preferrence for Academy of Soccer Excellence)
- Attach two most recent levels of Achievement, Effort and Behaviour report cards
- Attach a reference from your sports club Coach and any other supporting documents
- Stage one applications close 3.00pm Friday 25 April 2025
Successful applicants will be invited to progress to Stage Two.
Stage Two
Applicants will be invited to attend a soccer trial in term 2 at Ormeau Woods State High School:
Please note, trial date will be advised via email.
To complete, please download the application form and save to your computer.
For full functionality you will need to complete within Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded from: https://get.adobe.com/reader/
please note - limited functionality is available on mobile devices
Save updated application using the students name as the file name.
Email with supporting your documents to academies@ormeauwoodsshs.eq.edu.au
For further enquiries, please contact the Excellence Academies email: academies@ormeauwoodsshs.eq.edu.au