Focus on education overseas

Defence Children Services (DCS) schools and settings overseas can now expect a regular ‘Review of School Effectiveness’ (ROSE). This is an opportunity to look closely at the quality of education and care prov...

Resources for military children

Deployment can be a challenging time, bringing a host of conflicting feelings. Forces Children Scotland, with funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust and BFBS Big Salute, has produced an interactive...

Funding supports service students

Beyond the Barracks, a project to promote equality of opportunity in higher education, has been awarded funding from the Office for Students (OfS). The partnership between York St John University, higher edu...

Right to be heard in Scotland

Forces Children Scotland has been working with service children across the country to focus on what the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) means to them and how they feel their right...

Celebrating service children in Scotland

Month of the Military Child (MotMC) is coming once again this April and many organisations across the UK are gearing up to help celebrate the children and young people of serving and previously serving person...

Childcare explained

We know that the cost of childcare is a big consideration when it comes to families’ schedules and budgets. As childcare is the responsibility of the individual governments in England, Wales, Scotland and Nor...

Help with education

If you need help with your child’s education or childcare, where can you turn? AFF Education & Childcare Specialist, Anna Hutchinson explains… WHO CAN HELP ME IN THE UK? Local authorities All local au...

Grants that support service children

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has announced that it has awarded funds of £380,000 to 12 projects, which improve early childhood education and childcare of service children under the Early Years program...

Changes to childcare in the UK

In England families have been able to claim 15 to 30 hours of funded childcare for their three to four-year-olds for some time. All children were eligible for 15 hours at the age of three and for eligible wor...

Planning ahead for education

Every family is aware that a move is likely to result in a new school for their children. AFF Education & Childcare Specialist Anna Hutchinson explains when you need to start applying for schools. The be...