Youth Life Skills
Youth Life Skills (YLS) provides support to the 19 Service Academies that are located within high schools through out New Zealand and funded by either the Ministry of Education or the Tertiary Education Commission.
Map showing the location of the 19 Service Academies throughout New Zealand.
Service Academies
Service Academies provide a structured academic program supplemented with physical activity for students who may otherwise have left school without qualifications.
Each school with an academy employs an Academy Director who sets the programme and runs the activities in conjunction with the school's teaching staff and YDU support staff as and when required.
YDU staff typically provide leadership development and outdoors adventure based training for the Service Academies.
Host Schools
- Tikipunga High School, Whangarei
- Glenfield College, Auckland
- James Cook High School, Auckland
- Kelston Boys' High School, Auckland
- Onehunga High School, Auckland
- Otahuhu College, Auckland
- Tamaki College, Auckland
- Waitakere College, Auckland
- Te Kuiti High School, Te Kuiti
- Tokoroa High School, Tokoroa
- Gisborne Girls' High School, Gisborne (Tairawhiti Service Academy)
- Wairoa College, Wairoa
- Wanganui City College, Wanganui
- Horowhenua College, Levin
- Mana College, Wellington
- Greymouth High School (Mawhera Services Academy)
- Aranui High School, Christchurch
- Opihi College, Opihi
- Logan Park High School, Dunedin
Additional information can be found on the Ministry of Education's website.
For more information about joining a service academy please contact the relevant school directly.