Manchester City and British School Jakarta Team Up to Launch First Manchester City Football School in Indonesia

Wednesday, 30 June 2021 - Manchester City and British School Jakarta (BSJ) have today announced the launch of the first Manchester City Football School in Indonesia.

The Manchester City Football School will provide authentic and creative football coaching programmes for students, utilising the coaching philosophy and methodology of Manchester City. Based within BSJ in the Tangerang district of Jakarta, the Football School will include a Manchester City coaching team utilising the first-class facilities of BSJ, which include both natural and 4G pitches, indoor alternatives and conditioning facilities.  

Jorgina Busquets, Managing Director - Football Education & Recreation for City Football Group, commented: “It is a pleasure to be opening our first Manchester City Football School in Indonesia with British School of Jakarta. BSJ stood out to us from the beginning because of their unrelentless pursuit of quality and focus on providing the highest well-rounded education for their students. We look forward to contributing to it by providing an authentic & inclusive experience at the Manchester City Football School, where all programs will follow the same philosophy that we use in Manchester to develop our own players.”

David Butcher, Principal of British School Jakarta, expressed his enthusiasm for the new collaboration with Manchester City to launch the first football school of its kind in the region. “It is with great pride and excitement that we can announce and launch our partnership with Manchester City Football Club and open the first Manchester City Football School in Indonesia," said Butcher. "Our campus has superb sporting facilities and the Manchester City Football School will have a tremendous impact on the learning and development of our students across all age ranges and abilities.  This is a great fillip for our community and I have no doubt that this long-term partnership will flourish in the years to come. It is very much a case of paving the way for BSJ as we are totally focussed on being a school for ‘today and tomorrow". 

The Football School’s official opening will take place in September 2021 for BSJ students and will expand to offer programmes for the wider community in 2022.

Paving the Way to World-Class Football Coaching Experience with Manchester City Football School at British School Jakarta

Tangerang Selatan, 19 November 2021 - Today marks the first training session by the Manchester City Football School at British School Jakarta (MCFS at BSJ) Head Coach Chris McCarthy as he visited British School Jakarta (BSJ). This visit is a part of the football school’s preparation to open its door to the public early next year.

Earlier in July this year, BSJ and Manchester City Football Club announced their partnership to establish the first and only Manchester City Football School in Indonesia.

BSJ Principal David Butcher said “We are very pleased to welcome Chris McCarthy to our school and the football-loving country of Indonesia. With over 12 years of coaching experience with Manchester City, he will bring world-class football coaching experience to our students and the greater public of Indonesia.”

During the visit, Chris facilitated two training sessions for both boys and girls students of BSJ Primary and Secondary. Below are some testimonials from the BSJ students attending the session:

“The session was really fun. Playing with the coach was really entertaining, especially with the skills training. I really enjoyed the session,” said Justin.

“It was really fun. We got to develop our skills with Coach Chris. We got to play a small game too,” said Keanu.

“It was very challenging and at the same time very rewarding. I’m glad I got to be part of this training session,” said Thalia.

In the first phase of the partnership, BSJ will adapt and implement the ‘City Play Model’; a state of the art educational football programme devised by the coaching team at Manchester City. This will be used in constructing a football programme into the Physical and Health Education (P&HE) curriculum for its students. In education terms, this is creating a ‘school within a school’. All students in Primary and Secondary will learn their football skills using the City Play Model in BSJ P&HE curriculum.

Through this partnership, our coaches will also receive special training to apply the Manchester City Play Model. Finally, in March 2022 we will open to the public the MCFS at BSJ for both boys and girls to learn their skills through the City Play Model”, David added.

MCFS at BSJ will open its first batch of recruitment at the end of January 2022, starting in March 2022 given the COVID-19 rules permitting.