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Foreword

When we in the Forces take the decision to send our children to boarding schools, there are always doubts. Will the school we have chosen provide the stability that we believe our children requiremore

Introduction

"We in the Services have three options: our children have a disruptive education; we board; or we live apart from our families. None of these is ideal for most people". Such was a recent indictment of the choice facing Service parents starting to educate theirmore

Articles

The Education of Service Children - the boarding option - Introduction Service Children's Education (SCE) CEAS

Children's Education Advisory Service (CEAS) The Continuity of Education Allowance (Boarding) Childcare voucher scheme CEA Eligibility certificate application process Specific learning difficulties

Boarding?

Boarding Or Day? Boarding Or Day? - The Pros and Cons Boarding School Inspections

Choosing a School

Selecting a School Difficult choices, but help is at hand The challenges facing parents who work overseas School Visits - Questions & Answers League tables - best used as only one of a series of factors League tables - what else should parents be looking for?

Government Funded Boarding Schools

Ministry of Defence funded schools Queen Victoria School (Scotland) Welbeck - The Defence Sixth Form College What A Gem - 35 State Boarding Schools Boarding School - not likely

Boarding at an Independent School

The merits of boarding at an Independent School Choosing an Independent School is a very personal process The case for continuity The moral and spiritual climate in a boarding community The extra-curricular challenge Duke of Edinburugh Award Scheme Former pupil, former parent provides a sporting perspective School sport Housemasters - with the benefit of a Service background

Types of boarding School

The advantages of starting boarding in a Preparatory School In loco parents The Preparatory School Parent partnership What the pupils and parents think Single-sex or co-Education? The pros and cons Equal, but different Why girls' schools rock 'The key is the child and what the child will want' Having it all Strong role models in boys boarding schools Single-sex education, then and now The advantages of choosing a diamond school

Specialist Schools

Special schools - nurturing special talents and abilities Special educational needs and additional needs An independent specialist provision school An Independent Specialist Needs School

The Sixth Form

Sixth-form choices - the threats to the gold standard The sixth-form examinations - the choice

Whatever next?

Whatever next? University applications and gap years Why global volunteering could be the best gap year option The University and Colleges Admission Service

Overseas

Overseas schools

Pupils and parents

The pupils The parents

Paying the fees

Paying the school fees ranks second only to paying one’s mortgage and, as such, this is a real attention-grabbing subject. Sending a child off to a fee-paying school means not only a major financial 2006: more

Special Awards

Looking specifically at grants and awards for children of those in the Armed Forces the ISBI lists some 200 schools. The following list has been specifically researched from the Independent more

From the editor

Ian Jones' career includes eleven years as Head Master of Bedford School, two years as the Director of Studies at Britannia Royal Naval College more

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Service Children’s Education (SCE)is an Agency of the MoD and is dedicated to the education of children of Service families and MoD personnel serving outside the United Kingdom. We seek to provide a firstclass system of schools and educational support services, and our aim is to provide an effective and efficient education service, from Foundation Stage through to sixth form, and to enable children to benefit from their residence abroad.

Our schools follow the National Curriculum (England), administer national assessments and public examinations, and are inspected by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate (HMI). Teachers in SCE schools must have recognised UK professional qualifications and the majority are recruited specially from the United Kingdom for service in our schools.

SCE operates 43 schools – 35 primary, 6 secondary and 2 middle schools – which are attended by approximately 10,100 children in total. There are also 41 Foundation Stage (FS1) settings (previously known as pre-schools), which are managed by primary schools and are attended by approximately 1,800 children. Service schools are located within the following countries: Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Belize and Brunei.

The headquarters of SCE is based at the Wegberg Military Complex in Germany, and the Agency is managed by an Executive Board consisting of the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Education and the Director of Support Services. Supporting the Director of Education are the Assistant Directors for Pupil and Family Services, Teaching and Learning and Standards and Assessment

SCE’s address is:
Headquarters Service Children’s Education Agency
Wegberg Military Complex, BFPO 40

Further information about SCE can be found on the SCE website: www.sceschools.com
email: registry.hq@sceschools.com