St Joseph’s College Leaders Not Cheerleaders

St Joseph’s College Co-educational day and boarding school for ages 3 to 18

Firstly congratulations - St Joseph’s College would like to acknowledge your impressive achievement in being accepted on to the Ipswich Town Football Club Female Academy Programme.

At the College, we challenge all of our students to ‘be their best’ in every aspect of College life and set high standards for everyone in our community. Parents, pupils and staff work together to ensure that we produce confident pupils without arrogance, team players who will stand up for what is right and compassionate, caring members of society.

St Joseph’s College has a long and proud history in supporting both the sport and academic needs of its elite student athletes and we look forward to supporting you as you embark on the next chapter of your sporting and academic careers.

Our commitment to sport of all kinds is a hallmark of life at St Joseph’s College. As a centre for competitive sports we have a national reputation, enhanced by our recent multi-million pound investment in new artificial turf hockey pitches, tennis and netball courts, and new changing facilities. Alongside our major sports there are opportunities for pupils of all abilities to participate in a diverse range of activities. These include our links with national sport establishments, including ITFC, to provide our students with distinct and elite sport pathways.

We offer high achieving elite athletics from ITFC: St Joseph’s College Ipswich Town Sports Scholarships As a student athlete recommended by ITFC, you automatically gain access to the College’s Sport Scholarship programme, supporting high achieving sports students with scholarship awards valued between 25-50% of the academic school fee, dependant on interview, references and meeting the College’s admissions criteria.

Strength and Conditioning St Joseph’s College, working alongside ITFC, has full time staff within the Sports Department to support students’ physical development in line with ITFC expectations. Mr S Power, Strength and Conditioning Coach, has joined the College from Loughborough University and oversees the College’s bespoke student programme for each individual Sports Scholar.

Sports Scholar Support Sports Scholars have access to dedicated ITFC coaches, which will be fully integrated into College life. Coaching sessions will take place both at College and at dedicated academy training sessions at ITFC training facility. Coaching staff will be present throughout the school day at the College; and College staff will be present, when appropriate, at off campus training sessions.

In line with the College’s strategic vision and Buildings for the Future Plan, and recently opened multi-million pound sports facilities, we have commissioned a refurbishment of the College’s fitness suite, to open in October half-term 2017, which will include state of the art Olympic power lifting, cardiovascular and fixed resistance equipment. The new fitness suite will also house an indoor track to develop explosive power and speed, complemented by speed gates to ensure data is recorded accurately.

Training As an ITFC Academy Student, you will have a bespoke academic plan in place. This means ITFC Academy Students will be timetabled from lessons in line with the training needs of ITFC, which will be facilitated by ITFC at St Joseph’s College, along with designated ITFC training facilities; where possible, the College will provide transport.

Mentoring The College’s Sport Department has a wealth of experience in professional sport and is primed to support the mental and technical aspects of the game through performance profiling and analysis in partnership with ITFC. The College has access to ‘Game Break’ software and is able to facilitate individual and team video analysis.

We pride ourselves on being able to support all our students, including high achieving athletes, to take on the challenges that life and education can bring. The College has an outstanding pastoral system to provide support and guidance. Students and parents will regularly meet with the ITFC Academy Manager and the College’s Assistant Principal - Director of Sport, to discuss students’ progress, ambitions and performance both on and off the field.

Education St Joseph’s College is able to offer a wide range of A-level curriculum options, ensuring a balance between academic and sporting life. In addition to the traditional A-level curriculum route, the College is also able to offer a market-leading vocational curriculum with Sport Science: the BTEC Extended Diploma, this offers a dedicated sports education recognised by leading universities.

St Joseph’s College is uniquely placed to facilitate progression of able students to some of the UK’s top Higher Education institutions for Sport, with a proven track record of 100% pass rate and entrants into Bath, Loughborough and Hartpury, to name but a few. An impressive number of students have also been awarded professional Sport contracts with national and international clubs.

The College is committed to supporting your future in elite sport and beyond. As students, you join a College community that maintains relationships beyond College years, with a large, lively and loyal alumni body.

If you are aspire to reach the top of your game, there is no better option than St Joseph’s College: East Anglia’s premier sporting independent school.

www.stjos.co.uk Offering an outstanding all-through education for girls and boys from 3-18