From next year, the Jets' six boys (under-13s to 18s) and five girls (under-14s to 19s) squads will be based at the high school, which has recently undergone a multimillion dollar redevelopment.

Jets Academy technical director Craig Deans will oversee the program.

Hunter Sports High has run a soccer program for more than 12 years and has produced nine A-League and 18 W-League players.

Under the partnership, academy members will have access to the schools' facilities, sports science, strength and conditioning and mentoring programs. They will also compete in the various school competitions.

Under the current arrangement, academy players attend four to five sessions a week at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility at Speers Point. That will continue until November.

The program will then be transferred to Hunter Sports High. Those who attend the school will have four to five sessions, including two in the mornings. Non-students will attend two-to-three session after school.

Hunter Sports High will open enrollment to all academy members. They will be encouraged to attend but it will not be compulsory.

The partnership was outlined to more than 450 parents and academy members at Hunter Sports High on Wednesday night

"There will be people for whom it won't suit," McKinna said. "We have to build a program which that suits the majority and is best for development. The current system is working but we think we can do it better. This will help us make the academy better and the club more sustainable."

Sydney FC have a relationship with Hills and Endeavor sports highs schools. Football Federation Australia's Centre of Excellence, which was based in Canberra, is now run through Westfield Sports High in Sydney.

"There are a lot of partnerships being formed with schools because the facilities are already there," Deans said. "The facilities at Hunter Sports High would be among the best in NSW.

"At the moment, kids and parents are out at training five nights and they don't have any down time. As a result we are losing a few kids who get stale.

"This way they will get two-to-three afternoons a week to be a kid. If they go to Hunter Sports High they will have four to five session sessions and still have two or three afternoons free."

McKinna said the benefits to academy members would stretch further than the football field.

"It's not just from a football perspective, but the individually tailored learning pathways for these kids will take a big picture approach to better prepare them for life as elite sportspeople," he said. "There's long been a relationship between us and Hunter Sports High School given just how many of our youngsters currently attend or have been through before, and it's great to formalise that relationship."

About 25 per cent of academy players attend Hunter Sports High and the Jets hope to increase that to 70 per cent in the next few years.

Jets captain Nigel Boogaard and Matildas Gema Simon and Tara Andrew came through Hunter Sports High.

The school's sports director James Pascoe, who is a former Jets youth team and A-League interim coach, said the partnership was "a win for everyone".

"Our aim is to enhance the lives of these youngsters both on and off the park, and we know we have the tools here at Hunter Sports High School to do just that," he said

In it's seventh year, the Jets Academy is getting results.

A-League squad members Angus Thurgate, Pat Langlois and scholarship players Jack Simmons and Noah James are graduates.

Incredibly 12 of the Jets W-League squad for next season will have come through the program.

The six boys teams, who play an age division up in the Northern NSW National Premier League competitions, made the finals and three were minor premiers.

Three of the girls side, who compete in division one of the Sydney based NSW division one NPL, made the finals.

The Jets have applied to NSW Football for the boys teams to compete in division two of NPL from next year. NSW Football will vote on the matter at their next board meeting in September.