Three of West Ham’s second year scholars are set to be offered professional contracts.

Full backs Alex Pike and Kyle Knoyle and winger Djair Parfitt-Williams, who have all put in impressive performances for the U21s, have been offered professional deals, whilst goalkeeper Tim Brown has been offered an extension to his scholarship.

Attacking midfielder Kieran Bailey has signed for Colchester whilst winger Jeremiah Amoo has been released and is currently training with Reading.

Neither of the two made any appearances for the U21s this season, but both players have been at the club for a long time. Amoo featured a couple of times for the U18s whilst an U16 in the 2012/13 season, but Bailey never featured as a schoolboy.

Goalkeeper Tim Brown spent much of last season as back up to then-schoolboy Sam Howes, alongside playing on work experience loan at Dulwich Hamlet. This season was near enough the same – spending virtually the whole season at Canvey Island. He has been offered an extension.

Signing professional contracts are right-backs Alex Pike and Kyle Knoyle, who have both spent their seasons divided between the U18s and U21s. Pike provided the assist to Josh Cullen’s stunning goal on Friday night, while part of Knoyle’s season was disrupted due to an ankle injury.

The third player is Djair Parfitt-Williams, who was promoted to the U21s after the departure of Kieran Sadlier and strikers Elliot Lee, Sean Maguire, Paul McCallum and Jaanai Gordon all going out on loan. The Bermudan was the U18s top scorer this season, whilst netting twice for the U21s, a late winner against Leicester and a stunner against Everton.

Parfitt-Williams scored nine times at U18 level, two more than counterpart Jordan Brown, who signed a contract deal in April.

Out of the second year scholars, Reece Burke, Jordan Brown, Kyle Knoyle, Emmanuel Onariase, Djair Parfitt-Williams and Alex Pike are the players to have signed contracts. Portuguese striker Marcio Martins departed for Braga earlier in the season, Jerry Amoo and Kieran Bailey have both left and Tim Brown has been offered an extension.

Of course, as second years move up or move on, several schoolboys have been selected to form part of next season’s intake.

Defenders Vashon Neufville, Reece Oxford, Jake Eggleton and Tunji Akinola, midfielders Joe Powell, Declan Rice and Anthony Scully and striker Jahmal Hector-Ingram form the intake, whilst other U18 regulars such as Idris Kanu, Malyk Hamilton and Mason Barrett remain schoolboys as they enter their U16 year.

However, other current U16 players may join the club and sign scholarship contracts, and the final confirmation is expected around late June or July.

Departing the club are goalkeeper Nathan Parsons, defenders Keagan Cole and Tom Carlton, and midfielders Nathan Douglas, Billy Holmes and Matthew Campbell. Campbell has already joined Millwall whilst the others are still searching for clubs. We will post once they have joined a new club.

Best of luck to the departed players and congratulations to those offered contracts.

Many thanks to Tommy Tighe for assistance in confirming this. Follow Tommy on Twitter – @TommyTighe