Tottenham Soccer Camp FAQ & Airport Transfer Information

For students travelling to England alone, the camp provides a negotiated transfer service from London Heathrow (LHR), London Gatwick (LGW) and London Stansted (STN) airports as well as St Pancras Eurostar train station in downtown London to the campus. When a transfer is booked, students are met in the Arrivals Hall by a BSS representative. The Camp staff will wait for a group of other students who are arriving at a similar time before driving them to their venue (in case of flight delays waiting time can be adjusted). For their return journey, students will be checked in and seen through security in time for their flight. The staff will remain at the airport/station until all flights or trains have departed. Students will be supervised by a BSS staff member at all times before security for departures, and after security for arrivals.

Arrivals and departures transfers are on Sundays between 10:00am and 17:00 (5:00pm) from the major transport links. Arrivals and departures to and from non standard airports or different days will be charged on an individual basis, please contact us for details on outside transfer times/days or airports. If your child is traveling as an unaccompanied minor (UM), make sure to mention it when you process the registration. 

Participants must arrive on the first date of the camp and leave on the last date of the camp as mentioned on your registration.

The camp cannot accept students to arrive before 10:00 on the FIRST Sunday at the beginning of the summer sessions (check the dates to find out the first/last summer session at your camp site).

Check local requirements for children travelling without their parents or legal guardian – each country has specific requirements and may require written consent and/or identity documents.

Please note that UK Border Control (Immigration) does not allow children to wait alone without supervision at airports.

UK Border Control may stop any child traveling alone and will only release them into the care of an adult. Therefore, students cannot wait by themselves.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT TO ENGLAND:

Electronic Travel Authorizations (ETAs) are being introduced worldwide for visitors to the UK who do not currently need a visa for short stays, or who do not already have a UK immigration status prior to travelling.

Information on who can get an ETA and how to apply before coming to the UK is available on GOV.UK

Approximate Journey Time

Uppingham School:

  • London Heathrow: ⁓ 2 hours
  • London Stansted: ⁓ 1:30 hours
  • London Gatwick: ⁓ 2:45 hours
  • St Pancras Eurostar Train: ⁓ 2 hours
  • Airport Transfer Information

ARRIVAL TRANSFER PROCEDURES:

  • Go through Passport Control (Immigration) and collect ALL your luggage from the Baggage Hall (if you have lost luggage you need to get a lost luggage receipt before exiting).
  • Go through Customs Hall and enter Arrivals Hall. Look out for the BSS representative, holding an BSS (British Summer School).

Unaccompanied Minor (UM) Arrival Transfer (usually paid service to the airline!):

  • After being shown to your flight at your home airport and having received assistance during the flight, a member of the airline will collect you from your plane, accompany you through Passport Control and Baggage Hall and hand you over to the BSS staff member waiting for you in the Arrivals Hall.

DEPARTURE TRANSFER PROCEDURES:

  • A BSS representative will check you in and accompany you to Security.
  • From there you have to pass the security checks by yourself and make your own way to your departure gate.

Unaccompanied Minor (UM) Departure Transfer (usually paid service to the airline!):

  • BSS will check you in and stay with you until handing you over to the airline staff approximately 1 hour before your flight take-off. The airline staff will then take you through Security and take you on board your plane.
  • The airline will look after you on the plane and hand you over to the person collecting you at your home airport.
  • Unaccompanied Minor (UM) is a paid service offered by many airlines (usually for children 15 years old and under only) meaning that your child is escorted by airline staff during his trip, through the airport and passport control/customs and that the camp staff are required to sign for receipt of your child. Most airlines will also charge a fee for this service. IMPORTANT: it is not because your child travel alone that he is Unaccompanied Minor (UM), it is only if you have this service with the airline!

UNACCOMPANIED MINOR SERVICE (UM SERVICE, paid service to the airline!)

Depending on which airline you are travelling with, it may also be possible to take advantage of that airline’s Unaccompanied Minor service (UM, check Airlines Services for UM). The airline will ensure that your child gets safely on board the aircraft and is taken care of on the flight. In London the airline staff will then assist your child with their luggage before handing them on to BSS in the Arrivals Hall.

Please note that, in accordance with UK Border Control rules and regulations, children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult at all times whilst in the airport/international station. Students cannot wait by themselves.

It is of vital importance that all necessary flight/train details are sent to Soccer Camps International with the booking form or as soon as available. The camp requires the exact flight information including dates, airlines, flight numbers, arrival and departure terminals, and flight times. This service must be booked no later than 1 month prior to the start of the course.

  • Tottenham Camps England - Frequently Asked Questions

Tottenham Soccer Camps offers training sessions for Boys and Girls from 12 – 18 years old. Please note that campers must be within the relevant age restrictions to register for the camp and that campers whose age is outside of the above age limits cannot register for the camp. Camp participants need to be the relevant age throughout the duration of the course in order to register.

No, there are no girls only sessions available but there are Coed sessions where boys and girls train together for week 1 and 3. Although the percentage of girls attending the soccer camp usually increases year after year, we cannot guarantee that girls will be attending your child’s soccer camp session but girls will be present at the location since the camp also offers other camps sessions which have many girl participants attending them. Please visit the Camp Dates page for session availability.

Unfortunately your child has to be of the relevant age throughout the duration of the course.

You can find a list of what we recommend children bring with them HERE (PDF) (coming soon).

1 week Camp check-in in person is on Sunday afternoons and check-out is on Sunday mornings. 
2 weeks stay participants check-in in person is on Sunday afternoons and check-out is on Saturday mornings.

To be provided at the beginning of summer 2026

Tottenham has a scouting network to identify talented youngsters. Players need to make an impression for their local club/team. You cannot apply for a trial through Tottenham Soccer Camps.

Tottenham first team players will not be attending the camp.

Each participant will get a Camp diploma. The diploma will be emailed to you in August once all sessions are over.

Yes, the majority of players attend without friends and family. Individuals will be placed in groups with players near the same age who are also on their own. The first session of every course is designed to help all individual players integrate to form a team and also make new friends.

Each camp provides a sports experience as well as a cultural experience. Many of the participants will experience something different from home as they will be in a foreign country with a different way of living. For most of the camps, participants will experience the local cuisine, special times for meals (early meals in northern Europe, late meals in southern Europe) as per the culture of the country, showers after training sessions, typical entertainment at the camp as per the country’s summer camp culture, early or late bedtimes based on the country’s living habits and more. If you feel that your child will have difficulties to adapt to a new way of living, then we recommend that you wait until your child is of an age where they will be ready to do so.

Meals are provided on the residential course. The camp provides three nutritious buffet style meals each day. All meals are served in the dining hall. The meals are healthy and nutritious with a wide variety to choose from. Special diets may be catered for by prior request. Halal/Kosher meals cannot be provided but vegetarian options will be available.

The venues run their own shops in the evenings where students may be able to buy snacks or drinks.

Rooms vary from single, twins and triple for the majority. Accommodation includes; 3 meals a day, bedding and full use of site facilities. More information can be found on the Camp Location page.

It is suggested that each child brings about 75 – 150 British Pounds per week of pocket money to buy souvenirs, drinks, etc.

The camp does not recommend that parents visit their children during the camp. However, parents are welcome to be there on the first and last day of camp to check the facilities, meet the staff, and get the children settled at camp. it is possible for parents to come once during the week also. You can contact the Centre Administrator during the camp and he will let you know what days are best for visits.

British Summer School (BSS) is an international company and welcomes students from around the world to their Schools. Some children attend other BSS courses on sites, which run in conjunction with their sports camps. BSS believes that this adds to the unique experience that is an British Summer School camp. 

No it is not possible.

Goalkeeper training is not available but goalkeeper can participate at the camp.

IMPORTANT:  Please note, you are solely responsible for obtaining all needed travel documents including but not limited to a valid passport and any appropriate tourist travel visas for the person attending the soccer camp, the Participant.  You must contact the appropriate consulate office for entry requirements and visa requirements for the country where the selected camp is located.  Once you have registered your child with us, and have paid for the camp in full, upon your written request, we will be pleased to provide a letter confirming enrolment for the specific Participant. This letter may be required by certain consulates for the ‘Child Tourist/Visitor Visa’.  (NOTE: We can only issue the letter for the Participant not for any other person.)  Please be advised that consulate’s visa application processes can take many months.  The more you wait, the more chances you have to be denied the required ‘Child Tourist/Visitor Visa’ for your child and certain camps will not issue a refund.  Please check the terms for the camp.

Insurance in included in your camp. See details on the Camp Prices page but if you want additional coverage we recommend that you do take out insurance to cover personal belongings, illness, repatriation and injury. No refunds will be issued if illness or injury prevents individuals from participation or cuts short their stay on the course.

Most accommodation will be in single, double rooms thru triple rooms, with toilets and showers being shared. Bed linen will be provided. Should you wish to share with a friend or relative please indicate this when you make your booking online. the camp follows a two-year age rule which means that each player will be sharing with others of a similar age. You can request to share a room with another player at camp as long as both players are within two years of each other. Please note that we cannot guarantee any room share requests. Please visit the Camp Location page for more information.

We advise you to only send your child for a maximum of two consecutive weeks but if you choose your child can also stay 3 weeks. This is due to the busy training schedule throughout the week and after two weeks children tend to get tired, homesick, or possibly injured. Children staying two weeks will go on excursions during the weekend. One excursion is either a visit to a nearby city of historical and cultural significance or to a theme park/other attraction while the second excursion may be a visit to the home of Arsenal Football Club – The Emirates Stadium.

Applications are open until there are no slots left. Slots are limited and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a session is filled, then it is closed for sale.

Campers are not allowed to use their mobile phones during training, or any activities. Your child will let you know the best time for you to contact him after his camp session has started. Contact details for the camp will be provided to you a few weeks before camp starts in the welcome email packet. WIFI is available on site.

Camp telephone numbers will be provided on this page a month or so before the start of camp for registered campers.

A free laundry service is available mid-week whereby clothes will be collected, washed, dried, and returned approximately 2 days later. We recommend for 1 week stay to bring clothing for 1 week. Please ensure all items are marked with your child’s name or the camp cannot guarantee that their laundry will be returned to them.

If your child has any special dietary requirements, if you did not mention it when you registered online, please inform us as soon as possible. Most diets can be catered for by prior arrangement.

Yes, please be sure to indicate in the online application form any medication that your son is taking or if he is following a treatment. We will update the medical staff at the disposal at the camp who will follow your son. It is important that we receive accurate information about any pre-existing medical conditions your child may have. Should you not have already informed us of a medical condition when you registered online please do so as soon as possible. Please note that Tottenham Soccer Camps accepts students on the assumption that they are in good health. If your child needs to bring any medication with them please give us full information about dosage, time to take the medication, and storage information. 

There is camp staff on site 24 hours per day.

There will be staff staying with the children during the weekend between the two sessions, participants will go on excursions during the weekend.

Tottenham Soccer Camps sessions are taught in English only. Participants come from all over the world and a lot of them do not speak English but acclimate very well to the camp as there has not been any language barrier in the past. As there are other camps activities on site, many kids from all over the world participate.

We do not offer any discounts I am afraid. Fully inclusive courses offer great value for money and we believe it is important that all students pay the same course fee. Any promotional discounts, if any, will be published on our website and will be available to all students.

Yes, catering teams can accommodate special dietary requirements for medical reasons or religious observance. You will need to send us full details in advance of your child’s arrival so that we can be fully prepared.

All students under 18 must hand all medication in on arrival. All medication must be kept safe and administered by the camp welfare / medical staff. The camp accept medicines prescribed by a doctor from your own country, as long as there is an English translation.

Please contact the Centre Manager immediately so that they can resolve your child’s problem. You can request the camp complaints procedure for full details of how they deal with complaints.

All concerns and complaints should be raised at the time so that the camp has opportunity to resolve them. If you would like to raise a complaint after your child’s departure, this must be done by email / in writing within 10 days of your child leaving British Summer School. Ask for a copy of the camp Complaints Policy.

We cannot take responsibility for lost property but we will do our best to help you. If you send us a full description of what has been lost, we will check the lost property for you. Lost Property is only kept for 4 weeks.