Private partnership brief · shared by invitation with prospective partner schools and clubs
Courseware licensing · Satellite campuses

Teach English as a trained performance skill — under licence.

Most ESL schools teach English as a classroom subject. Topball teaches it as a performance skill: grammar rehearsed on court, CEFR levels evidenced, results parents can see. That method is now available to partner schools and clubs as licensed courseware.

Developed at our 365-day campus in Cebu City and delivered each summer at Oxford and Sussex, the programme comes with the syllabus, the assessment framework and the teacher training needed to run it to British-school standards in your own market.

CEFR A1–C1IELTS & TOEFL pathwaysTennis · Football · Rugby
What the licence includes

A complete programme, not a set of worksheets.

  • The full CEFR-aligned Tennis-English syllabus (A1–C1), lesson by lesson
  • Aide Mémoire Tennis Playbooks and grammar-through-tennis drill banks
  • Placement diagnostics, level rubrics and end-of-level report templates
  • Teacher briefing pack, observation forms and CPD cycle documentation
  • Course branding assets and parent-facing explanation of the method
  • Quarterly moderation call with the Director of Studies
Three ways to partner

Choose the depth that suits your school.

01

Courseware licence

You teach it, we supply it. Annual licence per site with a royalty on enrolled students. Your teachers, our syllabus, our standards.

Annual site licence + per-student royalty

02

Satellite campus

Your courts and classrooms become a Topball satellite. Programme, naming rights and quality framework licensed, with a Topball-certified lead teacher.

Licence fee + royalty on programme revenue

03

Teacher training only

Certify your existing ESL and coaching staff in the method — grammar-through-tennis delivery, CEFR mapping and assessment moderation.

Per-cohort training fee

Licence fees and royalty rates are set per market and per cohort size, and are confirmed in writing after the fit call. Territory exclusivity is available for multi-site groups.

Who this fits

Built for schools with students and clubs with courts.

  • Language schools that already run summer or sports camps
  • Tennis, football or rugby clubs with a junior academy
  • International and bilingual schools needing an English enrichment stream
  • Sports academies wanting a credible academic component for parents
Priority markets

Where demand for English is strongest.

JapanSouth KoreaChinaVietnamThailandIndonesiaItalySpainFranceBrazilSaudi Arabia & UAEIndia

Enquiries from other markets are welcome — these are simply where the Tennis-English model has proven easiest to place.

How it works

From first enquiry to signed licence.

Step 1

Enquiry

You send the brief below. We reply within two working days.

Step 2

Fit call

A 45-minute call on your market, courts, staff and academic calendar.

Step 3

Pilot term

One term, one cohort, full courseware and weekly support — so results come before commitment.

Step 4

Licence

Annual licence signed, teachers certified, royalty schedule agreed.

Partnership enquiry

Tell us about your school.

The brief goes straight to James Corden-Lloyd, Director of Studies. Full quality-assurance documentation and sample courseware are available on request.

What are you interested in?
Scale of operation

Confidential. Sent directly to the Director of Studies — no mailing list.