The FA, through its Stadium Accreditation Committee manages the Stadium Accreditation process in partnership with the Football Foundation. This page contains the relevant documents covering the Stadium Accreditation requirements at each 'Step' of the National League System, National Ground Grading Documents covering ground grading requirements at each 'Step' of the National League System in order to assist clubs in understanding the progression of minimum facility requirements from NLS Regional Feeder League level to Step 1.
Please click on the link below to open the new ‘flip book’, which can also be downloaded as a static PDF document:
AMENDMENTS TO THE CRITERIA DOCUMENT – FOR SEASON 2024-25
The document has seen minimal substantive amendments from last year's criteria, but some anomalies have been rectified along with the lowering of some of the criteria.
A wider, more thorough review of the criteria is under way with the intention of launching this from the 2025-26 season.
Clubs will need to familiarise themselves with the relevant criteria as amendments are not highlighted in the document.
