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The academies start much younger, sometimes at 6-9. by dfw
Also, most countries have rules about locality, as in you have to be within a certain distance of the club to be able to join. The academy generally covers up to 16 and then they have their U17, U18, ..., U21 clubs which have much less restriction on who can be on them.
For young kids it is 3-4 days a week during the fall - spring and every year or two the club will decide to keep the kids or drop them and add others.
High level juniors would be similar to the Ux teams - those are paid teams run by the big clubs.
Academies are for the younger kids.