The aims of the Everton Academy are:

• To identify and develop players for our first team squad.
• To develop players who can save the club expenditure.
• To develop players who can earn the club revenue in transfer fees.
• To develop players who can make professional football their first career.
• To develop players who can make a career outside football.
• And most importantly to offer all players of all ages an opportunity to experience the best development programme possible.

'The Everton journey' begins at an early age when young players may be recruited from six-years-old.

Young players from the ages of 6 to 16 attend school during the day and are coached three times a week before taking part in a Sunday fixture.

At the end of their school career they may be offered a scholarship for a further three years.