2. Service children face challenges that often go
beyond the experience of the majority of
families and children living in the UK. The
combination of deployment of a family
member and regular moves of home and
school can cause anxiety and stress for
service families whether living in the UK or
overseas…
3. “…parents invariably identified the disruption,
caused by their geographical mobility, as the
biggest challenge faced by them and their
children.”
6. 1 2 3 4 5
YEAR 7 54 2
YEAR 8 45 10
YEAR 9 23 21 3 1
YEAR 10 7 31 7 3
YEAR 11 2 28 15 6
7. 6m 6m-1 ½ 1 ½-2 ½ 2 ½-3 ½ 3 ½-4 ½ MORE
Y7 15 16 19 3 1 2
Y8 6 17 11 9 6 6
Y9 10 5 11 7 3 7
Y10 11 24 6 1 1 7
Y11 6 18 17 5 2 4
8. Essential to gather a personal emotional
profile:
Moves
Parental deployment
Family structure
Significant events
9. Benefits:
Life experiences – culture, opportunities
Better at making friends
Good in new situations
Being able to fit in
10. Difficulties:
Changes in school style, culture
Disruption to routines
Missed friends/Not knowing anyone
Lost confidence
Change in behaviour
11. School organisations and rules
Activities and sports
Environment
Local culture
Seaside
12. Sometimes have little or no experience of UK
Often focus on:
Personal safety
Drugs
13. www.sceschools.com
Select pupil and family services
Select transition and mobility
2 DVDs Mitigating mobility
Service Families on the move
Mobility toolkit
Select research
◦ Information for staff who work with service children
