Service Children's Education
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| Formed | 1997 (under current name) |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Defence |
| Website | SCE |
Service Children's Education (SCE) is an organisation of the United Kingdom government responsible for the education of the children of British Armed Forces families and Ministry of Defence (MoD) personnel serving outside of the United Kingdom. They provide schools and educational support services from Foundation Stage through to sixth form. They are headquartered at Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Wiltshire.[1]
It was previously an executive agency of the MoD, but this status was removed on 31 March 2013 following the reduction of service personnel based abroad. However, it continues to operate under the SCE name as part of the MoD's Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP).
History
During the 1980s, the British Families Education Service (BFES) was renamed Service Children's School (SCS). In 1997 it took its current name Service Children's Education (SCE). Despite the various changes to the name and administration, it continues the mission of its predecessors: providing education for the children of British Armed Forces personnel. Former teachers who taught in SCE schools or under its previous incarnations the BFES and SCS may join the BFES/SCE Association.[2]
Management
Headquarters and offices
SCE are headquartered at Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Wiltshire.[3] The business support office are co-located with that of the Children's Education and Advisory Service since August 2012.[4]
SCE was headquartered in the Wegberg Military Complex in Wegberg, Germany,[5][6] until 2012. It briefly moved to JHQ Rheindahlen,[4] until that base closed, too, in 2013.
In addition SCE have offices in Bielefeld, Germany and Episkopi Cantonment, Cyprus.[7]
Curriculum
Schools follow the English National Curriculum, administer national assessments and public examinations, and are inspected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate, via Ofsted. Teachers have recognised UK professional qualifications and the majority are recruited specially from the United Kingdom through the Civil Service.
Schools
The agency operates primary and secondary schools in Germany and Cyprus and also provides educational facilities in territories such as the Falklands and Gibraltar where there is a significant British military presence. The schools are typically grouped by garrison (including its outlying bases).
Germany
- Secondary
- Middle
- Primary
Cyprus
- Secondary
- King Richard School, Dhekelia
- St. John's School, Episkopi
- Primary
- Akrotiri School, RAF Akrotiri
- Ayios Nikolaos School, Ayios Nikolaos Station
- Episkopi Primary School
- Dhekelia Primary School
Other
Former Schools
Germany
- Secondary schools
- Gloucester School, Hohne (closed July 2015)[15]
- Kent School, Hostert, near Schwalmtal (boarding school) (closed 1993)
- Prince Rupert School, Rinteln (closed July 2014)
- King Alfred School, Plön (closed 1959)
- Windsor Boys' School, Hamm (boarding school) (closed 1983)[16]
- Windsor Girls' School, Hamm (boarding school)
- Windsor School, formerly Queen's School, Rheindahlen (closed July 2013)
- Primary/middle schools
- Ark Primary School, JHQ Rheindahlen (closed July 2013)[17]
- Bader First School, RAF Brüggen[18]
- Brüggen School, Elmpt, formerly RAF Bruggen (closed July 2015)[19][20]
- Buckeburg Primary School, Buckeburg (now Immanuel Schule Schaumburg)
- Cambridge Infant School, Münster[21]
- Cheshire Middle School, RAF Bruggen
- Charlottenburg First School (closed 1990s) – Its facilities was taken over by the newly founded Berlin British School in 1994.
- Derby School, Osnabrück[22] (closed 2008[23])
- Gatow First School Berlin, Headmaster John Hancock (1977-1994), (school closed on 4 November 1994)
- Hannover Primary School
- Heide School, Fallingbostel[19]
- Hemer Primary School[24]
- Iserlohn Primary School[25]
- Jerboa Primary School, Soltau
- Krefeld Primary School (closed in 2002) – It is now the site of Franz-Stollwerck-Schule.
- Lancaster School, Minden
- Lister Primary School, Herford (closed in July 2015)[26][19]
- Marlborough School, Osnabrück
- Montgomery School, Hohne[19]
- Mountbatten Primary School, Celle
- Oxford Primary School, Münster (closed in 2013)[21][27]
- Shackleton School, Fallingbostel[19]
- Sir John Mogg Primary School, Detmold (closed July 2014)[19]
- Slim School, Bergen[28][19]
- St Andrew's Primary School, Rheindahlen[29]
- St George's Primary School, Rheindahlen
- St Patrick's Primary School, Rheindahlen
- Suffolk School, Minden
- York Junior School, Münster[30][21]
- BFES Germany RAF Borgentreich
Hong Kong
- St George's School (closed 1996) – The Australian International School Hong Kong uses some of its former facilities.[31]
- Gun Club Hill Primary School, Hong Kong
- Victoria Junior School, Victoria Barracks, Hong Kong[32]
- Minden Row Junior School, Kowloon, Hong Kong[33]
- Stanley Fort Primary School, Hong Kong[34]
- Sek Kong Primary School, New Territories, Hong Kong
Singapore
- Secondary schools
- Alexandra Grammar School.[35] Later merged into Bourne School, it is now the site of ISS International School Preston campus.
- Bourne School[36]
- Gillman Secondary Modern School – later merged into Bourne School, the former compound (including Gillman Barracks) is now occupied by an art gallery, the NTU Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA), and other small businesses.[37]
- St John's School.[38] In 1971, the United World College of South East Asia, then known as the Singapore International School, was established at St John's former campus; it adopted its present name in 1975.[39]
- Primary schools
- Alexandra Junior School
- Changi Junior School
- Pasir Panjang Junior School
- Seletar Junior School
- Tengah Junior School
Infants schools
- Tanglin Infants School, Tanglin Barracks, Dempsey Road
- Alexandra Infant School
Malta
- Infants schools
- Army Children's School St Andrew's Pembroke
- Royal Naval School Verdala[40] (now the Liceo Guzeppi Despott Junior Boys Lyceum)
- RAF Luqa
- RAF School for Infants Safi
- St David's Mtarfa
- Army Children's School Tigne
- Secondary schools
- Royal Naval School Tal Handaq[41][42] (now the Liceo Vassalli Junior Lyceum)
Other countries
- Colony of Aden (now in Yemen)
- Khormaksar School, RAF Khormaksar[45]
- Malaysia
- Bourne School, Kuala Lumpur
- Slim School, Cameron Highlands (1951-64, re-opened in Malacca in 1965 at Terendak Camp)[46]
- The Army School, Johore Bahru, Malaysia[47]
See also
References
- ↑ "SERVICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2012-2013" (Archive). Service Children's Education. PDF p. 3/62. Retrieved on 28 February 2015. "Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Headquarters Service Children's Education, Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Wiltshire"
- ↑ "British Families Education Service/Service Children's Education Association archive: History". Institute of Education. 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "SERVICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2012-2013" (Archive). Service Children's Education. PDF p. 3/62. Retrieved on 28 February 2015. "Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Headquarters Service Children's Education, Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Wiltshire"
- 1 2 "SERVICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2012-2013" (Archive). Service Children's Education. p. 7 (PDF p. 8/62). Retrieved on 28 February 2015.
- ↑ "Recruitment" (Archive). Service Children's Education. May 30, 2003. Retrieved on February 28, 2015. "Application packs may be obtained from the Personnel Section (Recruitment) at HQ Service Children's Education, Building 5, Wegberg Military Complex, BFPO 40[...]"
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions" (Archive). Service Children's Education. May 3, 2003. Retrieved on February 28, 2015. "HQ SCE, Block 5, Wegberg Military Complex, BFPO 40"
- ↑ "ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009/2010" (Archive). Service Children's Education. p. 1 (PDF p. 9/62). Retrieved on February 28, 2015.
- ↑ Blankenhagen School website
- ↑ Bielefeld School website
- ↑ Haig School website
- ↑ "SCE Schools - Germany". Archived from the original on 12 February 2009.
- ↑ "SCE Schools - Cyprus". Archived from the original on 12 February 2009.
- ↑ SHAPE International School - British Section
- ↑ "SCE Schools - Rest of the world". Archived from the original on 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "Final school closure". gloucesterschool.sceschools.com.
- ↑ "The Windsor Society". www.windsorsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ "Ark School: To past pupils, parents & staff of Ark and its predecessor schools" (PDF). ark.sceschools.com. 1 May 2013.
- ↑ "Records — Bader First School Royal Air Force, Brüggen, Federal Republic of Germany". The National Archives.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "School Closure Plan" (PDF). Service Children's Education. 11 July 2014.
- ↑ Brüggen School website
- 1 2 3 "Schools (HMI Reports)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 3 April 1984. col. 519W–{{{column_end}}}.
- ↑ "Derby School: Information Booklet" (PDF). Service Children's Education.
- ↑ "EduBase: Derby Middle School". Department for Education.
- ↑ "Records — Hemer Primary School". The National Archives.
- ↑ "Records — Iserlohn Primary School". The National Archives.
- ↑ "Lister School closes". lister.sceschools.com.
- ↑ "EduBase: Oxford Primary School". Department for Education.
- ↑ Slim School website
- ↑ "Records — St Andrew's Primary School, Rheindahlen". The National Archives.
- ↑ "York Junior School, Münster". The National Archives.
- ↑ "About Us: A Short History of the School". aishk.edu.hk.
- ↑ My sisters and I attended the school. My father was Deputy Head.
- ↑ Personal experience, I attended the school
- ↑ My father was Headmaster in 1960s
- ↑ Memories of Singapore and Malaya, Derek Tait, Driftwood Coast Publishing, 2007, page 161
- ↑ The Education Committees' Year Book, 1962, page 975
- ↑ Gillman Barracks
- ↑ Education, Volume 129, Councils and Education Press, 1967, page 596
- ↑ "UWCSEA remembers Mr Lee Kuan Yew". uwcsea.edu.sg.
- ↑ Newman, Alastair. "RNS Verdala Malta". www.verdala.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "Other Service Schools and TH in Later Years - Tal-Ħandaq Nostalgia". www.talhandaqnostalgia.org. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "Malta Service Schools History". www.talhandaqnostalgia.org. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ Law, M F. "SERVICE CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS IN MALTA – A BRIEF HISTORY". www.verdala.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ UK, The National Archives. "Service Children's Schools, Malta". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "Khormaksar School".
- ↑ "Slim School Cameron Highlands".
- ↑ My father was Headmaster in 1969
- ↑ "British forces encourage learning through play". SutcliffePlay.com. January 2010.
- ↑ "Archives: Belize". IOE.
External links
- Official website
- BFES/SCEA Association – association for former BFES, SCEA, SCS and SCE teachers and alumni
- SCE Schools (Archive)
- SCE connected Learning community (SCEcLc)
- Archives - IOE
- "Get fell in, you lot!". Times Educational Supplement. 11 May 2008.
- "SCE: school websites". Service Children's Education. 17 December 2014.
- Recollections & Photographs of former SCE schools
- The Army Children Archive
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