Service Children

What is Service Pupil Premium?

The Department for Education introduced SPP 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 Covenant.

Who is eligible?

Pupils are eligible for SPP if they meet one of the following criteria:

· one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces (including pupils with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service)

· they have been registered as a ‘service child’ on a school census in the past 6 years

· one of their parents died while serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme

· one of their parents is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in England

What challenges do service children face?

Service children can experience a number of challenges, including the emotional cycle of having a parent posted on deployment, a higher degree of family mobility, or separation from a serving parent if they are posted further afield.

Supporting Deployment

We recognise that children and families with a parent heading out on deployment can face a number of challenges. If you are a parent serving in the armed forces and are heading off on deployment soon, please contact your daughters Head of Year to discuss how we can support them during this transition.