AFEC 

ATHLETE FRIENDLY EDUCATION CENTRES

This is your opportunity to connect your school with other like minded schools around the work, benefit your student-athletes in the process and ensure better links with sporting organisations globally. Athlete Friendly Education Centres (AFEC) is an international accreditation mark for schools and educational institutions who support student-athletes to achieve their education and sporting goals. We like to think of these as ‘passion pathways’.

Our accredited schools provide flexible learning pathways to student-athletes with policies and procedures as well as excellent support services. They provide the opportunity for student-athletes to continue to remain equally committed to both sporting and academic commitments.

Once accredited, on going support is provided through professional development, resources and initiatives provided through WAoS as well are our global network of schools and broader opportunities with WAoS partners. 

The accreditation process itself provides the school the opportunity to reviews its own polices and procedures. Accredited schools form a global network, connecting with each other and sharing experiences and best practice.

With the use of the AFEC mark, schools can provide a level of differentiation and the potential the ability to attract student-athletes to their school communities. It also provides opportunities to extend local and national connections in the sports industry.

Once accredited, schools have access to specialized professional development teachers in relation to education provision for student-athletes. WAoS also develops inititatives and provides a growing pool resources for its schools.

For schools that are also IB World Schools, recognised student-athletes in high performance pathways also have additional extended study option for either the Diploma Programme or the Career-related Programme.

BENEFITS OF THE ACCREDITATION

Schools apply to become AFEC accredited for many reasons but generally its because they are looking to provide student-athletes with the best opportunities to be able to better balance both sporting and education commitments. These schools realise that for these students both sport and school are equally important and through flexible learning pathways, support services and communication structures put into place, this is possible. These students are then able to develop and nurture a passion and excellence in sports and remain committed to academic studies which will enable to become informed global citizens of the future. The accreditation framework developed by WAoS assists schools deliver this opportunity to its student-athletes. 

WHAT SCHOOLS SHOULD APPLY FOR THE AFEC ACCERDITATION?

Following receipt of a school's expression of interest form, schools will be allocated an assessment team for the duration of the accreditation process. WAoS is fortunate to have available Olympians as AFEC Assessors who will form part of these teams.

Through relationships with the likes of the World Olympians Association, WAoS has trained and certified Olympians to fulfil an important role in the assessment of schools to be athlete friendly. Olympians can provide a perspective through the personal experience of being a student-athlete, which provides unique and tangible insights for schools.

OLYMPIAN AFEC ASSESSORS

Facilities

Human Resources and Sport Connections

Pastoral Care & Lifestyle Management

Education Curriculum & Integration

To become an Athlete Friendly Education Centre, a school will show competence in the following criteria:

ACCREDITATION CRITERIA

Discover more information about the schools accredited as Athlete Friendly Education Centres who are supporting their student athletes within the AFEC framework.

AFEC ACCREDITED SCHOOLS

Amman, Jordan

Amman Baccalaureate School

Amman, Jordan

Amman Baccalaureate School

Amman, Jordan

Amman Baccalaureate School

United Kingdom

Ellesmere College

New York, USA

Dwight School

Hong Kong, China

Phuket, Thailand

British International School

Amman, Jordan

Amman Baccalaureate School

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Successful AFEC accreditation

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AFEC Network welcomes Academia Britanica Cuscatleca, El Salvador

Institut International Lancy Joins the AFEC Network

AFEC BLOG

Manchester Communication Academy becomes AFEC accredited

International School of Monaco awarded AFEC accreditation

International School Brescia joins the AFEC Network

First AFEC School in Italy

Welcome to Chadwick International School!

Setanta College is now AFEC accredited!

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International School Leader Magazine: How to support student-athletes

New AFEC School Announcement

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