The Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance is a partnership of organisations focused on improving outcomes for children from Armed Forces families. It is hosted by the University of Winchester and supported by the Ministry of Defence (M...

Armed Forces Families and Safeguarding (AFFS), lead on the development of all Defence-level education and children and young people policy. They are responsible for engaging with Devolved Administrations, the Department for Education and local author...

Service Children in State Schools (SCISS) is a voluntary affiliated network of state-maintained schools in England that have any number of service children on roll and who consider the issues affecting state schools and their support to pupils ...

The Armed Forces Education Trust: a charity working for children and young adults whose education has been compromised or put at risk because of parents’ past or current service in our Armed Forces. Grants may be awarded to help improve their e...

The MOD Education Support Fund (ESF) has been made available to assist publicly funded schools, academies, and free schools throughout the UK, to mitigate the effects of exceptional mobility or deployment of their Service communities, Regular an...

Moving Schools – A Parents’ Guide is a useful guide when moving from one location to another. It is recognised that there are very individual and specific issues that Service children may experience as a result o...

The Wraparound Childcare (WAC) was originally piloted in 3 locations between 2020 and 2022 with the aim to offer free childcare for service families, covering before and after-school care during term time, for child...

Tax Free Childcare is a Government scheme that supports working parents with childcare costs. Childcare vouchers can be used to pay any Ofsted (or equivalent) registered childcare providers, which can include nurseries, ...

If you are considering boarding school education for your child/children, the following information may help you with your choices. Boarding Schools are available across the UK. The Independent Schools Council provides details of the types...

Service Pupil Premium (SPP) The Department for Education introduced the Service Pupil Premium in April 2011 in recognition of the specific challenges children from service families face and as part of the commitment to delivering the armed forces cov...

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: If your child has special educational needs, you are also advised to contact the Education Advisory team (EAT) to find out about registering your child with them. There are several ways in which they may b...

By law, head teachers are only able to grant requests for leave during term-time in “exceptional circumstances”. However Term Time Absence Advice has been produced by the MOD to provide advice to Head Teachers on term time absence fo...

Pre- School and Nurseries provide Early Years support to children prior to going to school. In England, all 3 and 4year-olds get 570 free hours per year. It has usually taken as 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year, but y...

Defence Children Services (formally Directorate Children and Young People DCYP) provides a single Ministry of Defence (MOD) focus for all issues related to service children and young people and the children of MOD UK based personnel and MOD spon...

Overseas Nursery Authority (ONA) and Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) The aim of the Overseas Nursery Authority (ONA) is to mirror the provision of funded childcare in England to locations outside of the UK where it is reasonably prac...

The Armed Forces Bereavement Scholarship Scheme (AFBSS) provides post 16 education scholarships for children of Service personnel whose death has been attributed to Service from 1990. FIND OUT MORE: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-t...

Choosing a school for your child can be difficult, and it's not always easy if the school of your choice is popular or already oversubscribed. The following information relating to the processes and the specialist support available is provided t...

Ministry of Defence Schools are responsible for the delivery of early years, primary and secondary education at a number of locations across Europe and worldwide. All MOD Schools are subject to Ofsted inspections and high sta...

Information regarding children’s education within Northern Ireland can be found on the Department of Education and Education Authority websites. For those personnel being posted to Northern Ireland, it is re...

Specific to Welsh Education: Supporting Service Children in Wales (SSCE Cymru) mission is to provide the best possible educational support to Service children in Wales by working with schools, local authorities, Armed Forces families ...

Forces Children’s Education includes lots of information about the Scottish education system, the geography and education resources available, together with a guide on understanding the Scottish education system https:...

Service Parent’s Guide to Boarding Schools is a publication which holds more details regarding Boarding Schools and CEA. Hard copies can be requested through the website below. FIND OUT MORE: https://serviceschools.co.uk/ ...

Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) provides an allowance for entitled Service personnel to educate their children at a boarding school. The aim of this allowance is to provide educational continuity that children would otherwise not get if they ...

SSAFA Forces Additional Needs and Disability Forum (FANDF). This forum explores the issues surrounding the support provided for those with additional needs in the Service community. FIND OUT MORE: Contact SSAFA: Tel: 0800 260 6780 &n...

RN FPS has put together an Information Sheet to support schools who have Service Children. This Schools Information Support Pack is updated regularly to ensure the signposting links within are current and relevant. Please feel free to download and p...