At Everton Football college we support a holistic approach to our education and coaching. We encourage each student to be the best they can be and support them to build the skills, qualities and awareness they need to become successful with their future goals and to become 'valuable citizens', ready for life and the challenges and opportunities that this may bring.
Our enrichment programme contains a wide array of exciting opportunities that are designed to stretch and challenge you. An integral part of our curriculum, it allows our students to develop skills outside the classroom, boosting personal, learning and thinking skills, helping them to grow their expertise in specific areas. An important focus of our enrichment is football however we pride ourselves on providing an outstanding enrichment offer as identified by Ofsted 2018. Some examples of what we do are:
- Wide range of volunteer opportunities through Everton in the Community and other local and international providers
- Opportunities to undertake work experience home & abroad
- Stand for Liverpool Student Council
- Study skills/careers advice and guidance
- Guest speakers from the world of sport
- Pastoral support, assigned personal tutor
- UCAS University application workshops
- Access to fitness gym
- Fitness challenges
- Academic study sessions
- Duke of Edinburgh Awards
- Coaching courses and awards
As a member of the Football College, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills for life in practical settings through work-related learning, these may include work experience opportunities both local and abroad in countries such as China, Spain, Aruba, America and South Africa.
Work experience (trips and visits)
We pride ourselves on providing a Nil Satis Nisi Optimum approach to work experience for all our students. It is embedded into all our qualifications. Work experience provides students with the valuable life and personal development skills and qualities they need to prepare themselves for their next steps. We are extremely fortunate to work with local schools and organisations including Everton to enable our students to deliver sport sessions, camps and festivals throughout the year, enabling them to put learning from the classroom into practice.
We have been fortunate to take our students on valuable placements abroad, coaching in Valencia and Aruba. Most recently we have just returned from Chile and next year we have plans to visit South Africa. These are life changing opportunities for our students. Our inclusive approach allows all students to access work experience home or abroad throughout the academic year.
In addition to work experience, we access a range of football playing opportunities throughout the year. We attend the World School Games in Spain each October (we are currently the WSG Winners 2022).
Each July our students have the opportunity to attend the New York Cup. This is a chance for our students to complete the academic year showcasing their skills alongside other college and academy teams with the chance to visit one of the greatest cities in the world.
At Everton Football College we are privileged to take part in the very prestigious Dallas Cup. The Dallas Cup began in 1980 and is an annual event held during Easter Week. To ensure the highest level of competition each year, the Dallas Cup is an invitation only tournament.
In 2023, Everton Football College took over 100 students (both male and female) to participate in this tournament. Over 900 international players participate in the tournament each year. On average, the Dallas Cup entertains over 105,000 spectators during the tournament week and is the perfect spectacle for our students wanting to gain a US Scholarship.
