Announcements

The Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance

2026-07-30T10:38:57Z

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...(read more)

Armed Forces Families and Safeguarding (AFFS)

2026-07-30T10:27:37Z

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...(read more)

Service Children in State Schools (SCISS)

2026-07-30T09:18:08Z

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 ...(read more)

Armed Forces Education Trust

2026-07-29T11:42:37Z

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...(read more)

MOD Education Support Fund (ESF)

2026-07-29T10:55:22Z

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...(read more)

Moving School's - A Parents' Guide and the Pupil Passport

2026-06-03T13:43:37Z

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...(read more)

Wrap Around Childcare

2026-06-01T14:28:51Z

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...(read more)

Pre-School, Nursery Support - Tax Free Childcare

2026-02-02T11:06:00Z

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, ...(read more)

Boarding Schools

2026-02-02T10:45:00Z

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...(read more)

Service Pupil Premium (SPP)

2026-02-02T10:38:00Z

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...(read more)

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

2026-02-02T10:36:00Z

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...(read more)

Service Families - Term Time Absence Advice

2026-02-02T10:34:00Z

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...(read more)

Defence Children Services (DCS)

2026-02-02T10:30:00Z

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...(read more)

Pre-School/Early Years Support

2026-02-02T10:30:00Z

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...(read more)

Overseas Nursery Authority (ONA) and Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)

2026-02-02T10:26:00Z

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...(read more)