Premium performance
FAMILIES and schools alike often contact AFF to ask us about the Service Premium – the extra funding given to any state school in England with military children.
To raise awareness of the scheme and celebrate ...
New academy launches in British Forces Cyprus
COMMANDER British Forces Cyprus, Major General Richard Cripwell CBE, hosted the launch of the Joint Educational and Training Services (JETS) Academy earlier this summer.
The JETS Academy is a British Forces ...
New project to support education of Service children in Wales
THE Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has launched a new project to find out how many Service children and children of veterans live and go to school in Wales.
The aim is to make sure that the best p...
Shackleton School alumni wanted for book project
Former pupils and staff of Shackleton School, in Bad Fallingbostel, Germany, are being invited to contribute to a book commemorating the educational establishment's imminent closure.
The school will shut for...
Army families: funding is available for your child’s school!
FUNDING is now available for schools with children from Regular and Reserve Forces families. Why not encourage your child’s school to apply?
The MOD Education Support Fund aims to help schools support childr...
How to choose a school remotely
If you’re moving back to the UK and looking to secure a school place for your child, there’s lots of research you can do in advance. Lucy Scott, AFF Education & Childcare Specialist, looks at where to start...
Duke of Cambridge kicks off WW1 centenary football project
THE world of football has joined forces with the British Council to create Football Remembers, a huge national commemoration supported by The Duke of Cambridge marking the centenary of the Christmas Truce – an ...
New programme supporting Service children
THE MOD’s Directorate Children & Young People has set up the Education of Service Children Change Programme (ESCCP) due to the changes taking place across the military which may have an impact on Service ch...
Supporting the unsung hero
The Armed Forces Dependants’ Business Start-Up Programme is a unique free course designed specifically for military families. Army&You finds out how it equips Service families with the professional know how...
Sgt Camopatch is catching on!
THE AFF Excellence for Forces Children Service Premium Award will be running again in 2014! AFF has been in contact with lots of you and the examples of best practice featured in Army&You have proved very u...