David Beckham's football academy is set to leave its permanent base in Greenwich, London, at the end of the year in order to adopt a mobile coaching model designed to reach communities across the UK.

The David Beckham Football Academy, which opened in 2005, boasts two full-size artificial football pitches, changing rooms, a dining hall and classrooms, as well as a medical centre. However, site owner AEG Europe said that it was "very likely" the academy will now look to provide coaching on a mobile basis with the lease on the Greenwich facility due to expire in 2010.

An AEG spokesperson said: "The academy has been hugely successful with more than 80,000 children benefiting from the country's best coaching and the world class facilities provided at the academy, many of those places given at no cost to the child or school. "The aim now is to broaden its outreach giving an opportunity for considerably more children to experience the academy across the country and around the world."

The AEG spokesperson also confirmed that the venue would be used as a training venue for the London 2012 Olympics as originally planned, while a similar David Beckham Academy in Los Angeles, US, will remain open.