Year 5/6 Girls – Overview
All Manchester Schools are invited to take part in the annual Year 5/6 Girls’ Football Leagues. Entries are invited from the end of the previous school year, with information and league details formalised and sent out in September. The leagues then commence in September/October every academic year. Multiple small sided, short matches are played at central venues on set dates with fixture schedule pre-arranged prior to each date.
If you would like to take part or require any further details, please contact Simon Jones.
The sessions take place at six local 6 secondary schools providing central venues based on locality. Fixtures are played one night per month in September, October, November and March.
There are 2 distinctly different types of participation and when entering schools may select which is most appropriate:
EXCEL:- League system which is competitive, results are recorded, creating league tables which are published. For 2022/23 teams are entered into one of the 3 Excel leagues. After the fourth week of matches in Mar, the top placed teams go forward to the Manchester Finals day.
INSPIRE:- This format is designed to encourage participation at a lower level of performance, There are no league tables or results published, however, results are kept for monitoring purposes only. Inspire teams also attend at central venues, although the focus is on enjoyment and learning not the result. Students in the Inspire section may be less competent or confident in the sport.
Young Leaders from each of the host sites officiate the matches. Our thanks go to the dedicated PE staff at each school venue for their time and expertise in preparing the leaders and managing the league nights.
2022-23 Leagues
| Year | League | Provision Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5/6 | Chorton High School | INPIRE |
| Co-Operative Academy North | INPIRE | |
| Levenshulme High School | INPIRE | |
| M’cr Communications Academy | EXCEL and INSPIRE | |
| St Paul’s RC High School | EXCEL and INSPIRE | |
| Whalley Range High School | EXCEL and INSPIRE |
Participation in girls’ football is proving every more popular with a phenomenal 79 (25 Excel & 54 Inspire) Manchester School Teams having entered in 2022-23 compared to 60 teams in 2021-2022.
The top three teams from each of the 3 EXCEL leagues come together for a grand Manchester Primary Schools Girls Football Final in June at the MMU’s Platt Lane Sports Complex.
League Format
- The programme will operate in September, October, November and March from 4.00 – 5.30pm at all venues. The finals will be in June, (Futsal will be in operation in January and February for Year 4/5).
- You will be able to choose a venue and day to suit your requirements.
- Once a venue is full, schools will be allocated their 2nd/3rd choice; also, where venues do not have a full entry, schools will be moved to their 2nd 3rd choice.
- Squads will be a maximum of 10 players, with 6 playing at any one time
- The match officials will all be young leaders from the host venue
- Please Note: schools who enter will be expected to commit to all dates of the programme
If you would like to take part or require any further details, please contact Simon Jones.
TeamMCR are a Girls Football Schools Partnership Lead Organisation. Our thanks to The FA, English Schools FA and the Manchester County FA for their support in developing and running the Year 5/6 Girls Football League.
Historical Data
The table below shows the number of teams taking part in Excel or Inspire football for girls
| 2018 – 2019 | 2019 – 2020 | 2020 – 2021 | 2021 – 2022 | 2022 – 2023 | |
| Girls | 58 | 70 | 58 | 60 | 79 |
With each team averaging 10 players within their squad, we can safely estimate that there are over 780 girls playing Football in our primary schools. More than 650 fixtures will be played during the Autumn and Spring terms; across the 6 venues
The table below shows the total number of teams (per year) taking part in primary football
| 2018 – 2019 | 2019 – 2020 | 2020 – 2021 | 2021 – 2022 | 2022 – 2023 | |
| Boys | 76 | 73 | 69 | 80 | 85 |
| Girls | 58 | 70 | 58 | 60 | 79 |
| Total Teams | 134 | 143 | 127 | 140 | 164 |